More quotes by Cormac McCarthy

"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]"