QOTD
"There was never a person born since Adam who's been luckier than me. Nothing has happened to me that hasn't been perfect. And I'm not being facetious. There's never been a time when I was penniless and down, when something wouldn't arrive. Over and over and over again. Enough to make you superstitious."
- Cormac McCarthy, source
Wonderful interview of McCarthy in today's WSJ: Hollywood's Favorite Cowboy
I started reading the interview, and it seems like McCarthy was going to be the typical caricature of the cranky, intellectual writer. A curmudgeon. Nothing more boring than that.
But he's not. I

I gave McCarthy's book "The Road" 4 bill-stars (Desolate Desolation). It was a completely unique book. Different + good... that's the money.

I relate to that first QOTD. I just feel incredibly lucky in my life.
Every day.
And yeah, there's a little looking over my shoulder... waiting for the bus to hit me. What you gonna do? F the bus, and ride the wave, I say.

I have great empathy with the second QOTD below as well. I'm not that smart, but I understand what he's saying and agree with his sentiment. Be a better person. Be good!

QOTD2
"I have a great sympathy for the spiritual view of life, and I think that it's meaningful. But am I a spiritual person? I would like to be. Not that I am thinking about some afterlife that I want to go to, but just in terms of being a better person. I have friends at the Institute. They're just really bright guys who do really difficult work solving difficult problems, who say, "It's really more important to be good than it is to be smart." And I agree it is more important to be good than it is to be smart. That is all I can offer you."
- Cormac McCarthy
peace... yow, bill

PS - Shit. Just one more, I promise.

QOTD3
WSJ: But is there something compelling about the collaborative process compared to the solitary job of writing?

CM: Yes, it would compel you to avoid it at all costs.

He he.

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