Cormac McCarthy Quotes


Listen to me, he said, when your dreams are of some world that never was or some world that never will be, and you're happy again, then you'll have given up. Do you understand? And you can't give up, I won't let you.


Citations

McCarthy, Cormac. The Road. Alfred A. Knopf, 2006, p. 189.

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Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy
  • Born: July 20, 1933
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Novelist, Playwright, Screenwriter

Cormac McCarthy is an American novelist, playwright, short-story writer, and screenwriter. He has written ten novels, two plays, two screenplays, and two short-stories, spanning the Western and post-apocalyptic genres. He is well known for his graphic depictions of violence and his unique writing style, recognizable by its lack of punctuation and attribution. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary writers.