I don't know why I started writing. I don't know why anybody... - Cormac McCarthy
"I don't know why I started writing. I don't know why anybody does it. Maybe they're bored, or failures at something else."
"I don't know why I started writing. I don't know why anybody does it. Maybe they're bored, or failures at something else."
"You are either born a writer or you are not."
"I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing this.[Cormac McCarthy's Venomous Fiction, New York Times, April 19, 1992]"
"Anything that doesn't take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing."
"My perfect day is sitting in a room with some blank paper. That's heaven. That's gold and anything else is just a waste of time."
"I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing this.[Cormac McCarthy's Venomous Fiction, New York Times, April 19, 1992]"