I wrote a lot of 'Driving on the Rim' by giving myself the gift of being just as eccentric as I felt like. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes drive eccentric felt
I strongly believe that literature can do something that nothing else can do, and that is embody the human spirit. Thomas McGuane embodyhumanliterature Change image and share on social
People don't understand how much influence they can actually have on a writer, how much a writer's feelings can be hurt, how much they can deflect his course when they raise their voices like they did over highly personal books like 'Panama' or 'Bullet Park.' Thomas McGuane bookbulletdeflect share on social
I've outlived my parents, and I've had some wonderful second chances in life. I feel remarkably uncheated. Thomas McGuane chancefeelhave Change image and share on social
The standardization of world culture, with local popular or traditional forms driven out or dumbed down to make way for American television, American music, food, clothes and films, has been seen by many as the very heart of globalization. Fredric Jameson americanclotheculture share on social
Now I'm old... maybe I'm still an eccentric hippie. There's a wonderful freedom in the eccentricity - you can go places, you can be wacky, and you don't have to be constrained. I think that's why people are eccentric - eccentricity is a weapon... and it's great! Sylvester McCoy constraineccentriceccentricity share on social
My feeling for reality TV isn't ironic, guilty, or apologetic. Reality TV is one of the few remaining modes of popular entertainment in which characterization is permitted as plot. Andrea Seigel apologeticcharacterizationentertainment Change image and share on social