79 Quotes by Thomas McGuane

Literature is the ditch I'm going to die in. It's still the thing I care most about.

It don't do you no nevermind to tell nobody nothing.

We both liked children; we just didn't 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 we'd 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 Melinda's family, but he would have had to be medicated to pursue her list of pleasures.

Quinn wanted to make her see that people didn't live like this; but what was the use. No one was going to get her away from Bird Man out there.

Giving freaks a pass is the oldest tradition in Montana.

Literature is the ditch I’m going to die in. It’s still the thing I care most about.

The essence of sport is courage.

The occupational hazard of making a spectacle of yourself, over the long haul, is that at some point you buy a ticket too.