I wrote a lot of 'Driving on the Rim' by giving myself the gift of being just as eccentric as I felt like. Thomas McGuane driveeccentricfelt Change image and share on social
If I get too old to write, or short-term memory loss - that was the one Philip Roth was worried about - if I got to that point, that would be terrible, because everything about my life has been streaming toward writing and having something to say. That would make me feel as though I were in an iron maiden of some kind. Thomas McGuane feelironkind share on social
My twenties were entirely taken up with literature. Entirely. Thomas McGuane literaturetwenty Change image and share on social
I had a spell no more striking than other people of my job description. I did all the things you weren't supposed to do. I had a motto: When in doubt, try it. I went out and committed experience. Thomas McGuane commitdescriptiondoubt Change image and share on social
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
You reach a point at which you have to view your life through the things you've spent so much time doing. The alternative is a perilous feeling of waste. Thomas McGuane alternativefelthave Change image and 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
I like Halldor Laxness and Machado de Assis - people who try to understand the human condition by looking at intimate pictures of human life. Thomas McGuane assisconditionhalldor Change image and share on social
Summertime in Montana, I become a monosyllabic baboon. I want to ride with the cowboys, go to brandings, doctor cattle, and train my horses. But in a few months, the snow starts to fly. The days become shorter; the yellow color of interior light becomes delicious. I look at my shelves, and every book just glows, and I want to be inside of that. Thomas McGuane baboonbookbranding share on social
I really do love 'Panama.' But I'd also have to admit that right now, if I were driven to write another novel like that, I wouldn't even try to find a publisher for it. It simply wouldn't be published. I'd be writing it to put in my closet upstairs. Thomas McGuane admitclosetdrive share on social