Larry McMurtry Quote
Augustus said. You can’t have this leg, and if you’re thinking of overpowering me you have to calculate on losing about half the town. I can shoot straight when I’m drunk, too. I only want to save your life, Dr. Mobley said, taking a drink from the first bottle before pouring Augustus a glassful. It’s my worry, mainly, Augustus said. You stated your case, but the jury went against you. Jury of one. Did you pay the whore? I did, Dr. Mobley said. Since you refuse company, you’ll have to drink alone. I have to go deliver a child into this unhappy world. It’s a fine world, though rich in hardships at times, Augustus said.
Larry McMurtry
Augustus said. You can’t have this leg, and if you’re thinking of overpowering me you have to calculate on losing about half the town. I can shoot straight when I’m drunk, too. I only want to save your life, Dr. Mobley said, taking a drink from the first bottle before pouring Augustus a glassful. It’s my worry, mainly, Augustus said. You stated your case, but the jury went against you. Jury of one. Did you pay the whore? I did, Dr. Mobley said. Since you refuse company, you’ll have to drink alone. I have to go deliver a child into this unhappy world. It’s a fine world, though rich in hardships at times, Augustus said.
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About Larry McMurtry
His 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove was adapted into a television miniseries that earned 18 Emmy Award nominations (seven wins). The subsequent three novels in his Lonesome Dove series were adapted as three more miniseries, earning eight more Emmy nominations. McMurtry and co-writer Diana Ossana adapted the screenplay for Brokeback Mountain (2005), which earned eight Academy Award nominations with three wins, including McMurtry and Ossana for Best Adapted Screenplay. In 2014, McMurtry received the National Humanities Medal.
Tracy Daugherty's 2023 biography of McMurtry quotes critic Dave Hickey: "Larry is a writer, and it's kind of like being a critter. If you leave a cow alone, he'll eat grass. If you leave Larry alone, he'll write books. When he's in public, he may say hello and goodbye, but otherwise he is just resting, getting ready to go write."