Thomas Mcguane Quotes

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

~ Thomas Mcguane

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

~ Thomas Mcguane

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.

~ Thomas Mcguane

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.

~ Thomas Mcguane

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.

~ Thomas Mcguane

Giving freaks a pass is the oldest tradition in Montana.

~ Thomas Mcguane

It's funny but... you're sort of a moving target for fortune and you never know when it will befall you.

~ Thomas Mcguane

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 didn't think things were funny anymore. I kind of think they're funny again.

~ Thomas Mcguane

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

~ Thomas Mcguane

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

~ Thomas Mcguane