Quotes by Thomas McGuane

It dont do you no nevermind to tell nobody nothing.

Literature is the ditch Im going to die in. Its still the thing I care most about.

We both liked children; we just didnt want any ourselves. There were children everywhere, and we saw no reason to start our own brand. Young couples plunge into parenthood and about half the time they end up with some ghastly problem on their hands. We thought wed leave that to others.

They were unironic enthusiasts for all the mass pleasures the culture offered: television, NASCAR, cruises, Disney World, sports, celebrity gossip, and local politics. Szabo often wished that he could be as well adjusted as Melindas family, but he would have had to be medicated to pursue her list of pleasures.

Giving freaks a pass is the oldest tradition in Montana.

Its funny but... youre sort of a moving target for fortune and you never know when it will befall you.

After fifty years of living it occurs to me that the most significant thing that people do is go to work whether it is to go to work on their novel or at the assembly plant or fixing somebodys teeth.

My parents and my sister died... very close together, and after that, I lost quite a bit of my sense of humor. Most of it I think has kind of come back, but I know there was a time when I didnt think things were funny anymore. I kind of think theyre funny again.

Marriage is anti-romantic - husband and wife are terms like turkey and goose. Worse, they denote ownership.

I like to write about the solitary things people do. Humans seem to function best when theyre alone.

“Literature is the ditch Im going to die in. Its still the thing I care most about.”