--- title: "32 Cormac Mccarthy Quotes by 30 authors" description: "Browse 32 Cormac Mccarthy quotes by 30 authors. Discover the best Cormac Mccarthy sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eba/tommy-lee-jones-9811_language_cormac-mccarthy-s-language-is-perfect-he_1435353.jpg" --- > [Cormac McCarthy's language is perfect. He is in my view the greatest living American prose stylist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lee-jones/cormac-mccarthy-s-language-is-perfect-he-is-in-my-view-the-greatest/) [Tommy Lee Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lee-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eba/tommy-lee-jones-9811_language_cormac-mccarthy-s-language-is-perfect-he_1435353.jpg) > [I'm not Cormac McCarthy, but I can get my point across in a thousand words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duff-mckagan/i-m-not-cormac-mccarthy-but-i-can-get-my-point-across-in-a-thousand/) [Duff McKagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duff-mckagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cf/duff-mckagan-2740_i-can_i-m-not-cormac-mccarthy-but-i-can-get-my_1386986.jpg) > [One more recent novelist to come along is Cormac McCarthy. Him, I like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-fiedler/one-more-recent-novelist-to-come-along-is-cormac-mccarthy-him-i-like/) [Leslie Fiedler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-fiedler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/139/leslie-fiedler-13246_mccarthy_one-more-recent-novelist-to-come-along-i_2541040.png) > [I love everything that Cormac McCarthy has written.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-deakins/i-love-everything-that-cormac-mccarthy-has-written/) [Roger Deakins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-deakins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/141/roger-deakins-11228_everything_i-love-everything-that-cormac-mccarthy-h_1643865.jpg) > [I'm a huge Cormac McCarthy fan and have read every book of his.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/i-m-a-huge-cormac-mccarthy-fan-and-have-read-every-book-of-his/) [James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60a/james-franco-2025_book_i-m-a-huge-cormac-mccarthy-fan-and-have_881395.jpg) > [We loved the language in Cormac McCarthy's 'No Country,' which is really about the region, while in 'True Grit' it's more about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-coen/we-loved-the-language-in-cormac-mccarthy-s-no-country-which-is-really/) [Ethan Coen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-coen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddb/ethan-coen-10430_country_we-loved-the-language-in-cormac-mccarthy_954972.jpg) > [In its rather clinical view of death, 'True Grit' rivals the hardboiled world of 'Red Harvest'-era Dashiell Hammett and prefigures Cormac McCarthy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pelecanos/in-its-rather-clinical-view-of-death-true-grit-rivals-the-hardboiled/) [George Pelecanos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pelecanos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/836/george-pelecanos-3616_death_in-its-rather-clinical-view-of-death-tru_1851221.png) > [Nicholas Sparks recently went on record as saying he is a greater novelist than Cormac McCarthy. This is true in the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/nicholas-sparks-recently-went-on-record-as-saying-he-is-a-greater/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dce/roger-ebert-655_nicholas-spark_nicholas-sparks-recently-went-on-record_612240.jpg) > [I'll read anything Anne Carson writes, anything J. M. Coetzee writes, and anything Cormac McCarthy writes. I'll drop whatever I'm doing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-doerr/i-ll-read-anything-anne-carson-writes-anything-j-m-coetzee-writes-and/) [Anthony Doerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-doerr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72e/anthony-doerr-886_anything_i-ll-read-anything-anne-carson-writes-an_3042157.png) > [I'm an enormous fan of American literature, and especially the great novels of Larry McMurtry, 'Lonesome Dove,' Cormac McCarthy, Elmore Leonard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sebag-montefiore/i-m-an-enormous-fan-of-american-literature-and-especially-the-great/) [Simon Sebag Montefiore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-sebag-montefiore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba3/simon-sebag-montefiore-2994_american_i-m-an-enormous-fan-of-american-literatu_2855956.png) > [No one has a name in 'The Road.' Like Cormac McCarthy's novel from which it's adapted, 'The Road' features characters such as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garret-dillahunt/no-one-has-a-name-in-the-road-like-cormac-mccarthy-s-novel-from-which/) [Garret Dillahunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garret-dillahunt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cf/garret-dillahunt-25409_adapted_no-one-has-a-name-in-the-road-like-corma_3065266.png) > [I love to read the kind of books I write. Genre-breaking. Fresh-concept. World-building. My all-time top three authors would have to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-crouch/i-love-to-read-the-kind-of-books-i-write-genre-breaking-fresh-concept/) [Blake Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-crouch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42c/blake-crouch-2197_books_i-love-to-read-the-kind-of-books-i-write_220707.jpg) > [I used to read only fiction. Now I don't read much, only occasionally, such as a Cormac McCarthy or a Jim Harrison…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-quammen/i-used-to-read-only-fiction-now-i-don-t-read-much-only-occasionally/) [David Quammen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-quammen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/904/david-quammen-9256_books_i-used-to-read-only-fiction-now-i-don-t_326130.jpg) > [The kind of stuff I usually read is a bit more on the literary side, like books that I think are influential…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-marion/the-kind-of-stuff-i-usually-read-is-a-bit-more-on-the-literary-side/) [Isaac Marion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-marion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d9/isaac-marion-1033_book_the-kind-of-stuff-i-usually-read-is-a-bi_2396758.png) > [The Ploughmen is as good a book as I’ve read in years. Kim Zupan’s language is as rich as Cormac McCarthy’s, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-demarinis/the-ploughmen-is-as-good-a-book-as-i-ve-read-in-years-kim-zupan-s/) [Rick DeMarinis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-demarinis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd4/rick-demarinis-61950_book_the-ploughmen-is-as-good-a-book-as-i-ve_2770697.jpg) > [Cormac McCarthy is my favorite author in the world. I love him so much. There's one book that informs me more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-de-la-pena/cormac-mccarthy-is-my-favorite-author-in-the-world-i-love-him-so-much/) [Matt de la Pena](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-de-la-pena/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/matt-de-la-pena-15023_book_cormac-mccarthy-is-my-favorite-author-in_2025273.jpg) > [One thing I love about Cormac McCarthy is the types of pressure he puts onto people. You see the best and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hillcoat/one-thing-i-love-about-cormac-mccarthy-is-the-types-of-pressure-he/) [John Hillcoat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hillcoat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb8/john-hillcoat-10505_humanity_one-thing-i-love-about-cormac-mccarthy-i_2590033.jpg) > [The books I love most are the ones that combine some sort of gripping story with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-thompson-walker/the-books-i-love-most-are-the-ones-that-combine-some-sort-of-gripping/) [Karen Thompson Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-thompson-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec2/karen-thompson-walker-3430_beautiful_the-books-i-love-most-are-the-ones-that_2441066.png) > [In crime fiction, I cut my teeth on early Robert Parker, Elmore Leonard, John D. MacDonald, and Alan Furst. I always loved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-petrie/in-crime-fiction-i-cut-my-teeth-on-early-robert-parker-elmore-leonard/) [Nick Petrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-petrie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c0/nick-petrie-29407_always_in-crime-fiction-i-cut-my-teeth-on-early_2733855.jpg) > [I'm a big John Steinbeck fan. Cormac McCarthy. I've always loved the stories of regular people. Mark Twain, too. When you look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucas-neff/i-m-a-big-john-steinbeck-fan-cormac-mccarthy-i-ve-always-loved-the/) [Lucas Neff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucas-neff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/159/lucas-neff-30384_bigs_i-m-a-big-john-steinbeck-fan-cormac-mcca_803973.jpg) > [I always say, I'm certain I changed 'Watchmen' less than the Coen brothers changed 'No Country for Old Men.' I'm certain of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-snyder/i-always-say-i-m-certain-i-changed-watchmen-less-than-the-coen/) [Zack Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-snyder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afa/zack-snyder-7129_amazing_i-always-say-i-m-certain-i-changed-watch_2252991.jpg) > [There are certain writers I can't read when I'm trying to write because their voices are so distinct. Cormac McCarthy, he's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-antopol/there-are-certain-writers-i-can-t-read-when-i-m-trying-to-write/) [Molly Antopol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-antopol/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ef/molly-antopol-20696_different_there-are-certain-writers-i-can-t-read-w_3082724.jpg) > [“What if the catalyst or the key to understanding creation lay somewhere in the immense mind of the whale? . . . Suppose if God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-horwitz/what-if-the-catalyst-or-the-key-to-understanding-creation-lay/) Joshua Horwitz [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/644/joshua-horwitz-111447_psychology_what-if-the-catalyst-or-the-key-to-under_174368.jpg) > [“CHIEF LAMBIASE IS a frequent visitor to the store, and to justify these visits, he buys books. Because Lambiase doesn’t believe in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-zevin/chief-lambiase-is-a-frequent-visitor-to-the-store-and-to-justify/) [Gabrielle Zevin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabrielle-zevin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17f/gabrielle-zevin-626_books_chief-lambiase-is-a-frequent-visitor-to_1490207.png) > [“Cat Rambo: Where do you think the perennial debate between what is literary fiction and what is genre is sited? Norman Spinrad:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-spinrad/cat-rambo-where-do-you-think-the-perennial-debate-between-what-is/) [Norman Spinrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-spinrad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c44/norman-spinrad-17982_books_cat-rambo-where-do-you-think-the-perenni_270435.jpg) > [“\* Who do you think of when you hear the word “successful”? “The first people who come to mind are the real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/who-do-you-think-of-when-you-hear-the-word-successful-the-first/) [Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bf/timothy-ferriss-973_books_who-do-you-think-of-when-you-hear-the-wo_722304.jpg) > [“I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/i-never-had-any-doubts-about-my-abilities-i-knew-i-could-write-i-just/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/605/cormac-mccarthy-181_ability_i-never-had-any-doubts-about-my-abilitie_1633212.jpg) > [I read Nabakov for style, Mary Karr for heart and resonance of where I come from. She's from the same part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/i-read-nabakov-for-style-mary-karr-for-heart-and-resonance-of-where-i/) [Rodney Crowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-crowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1aa/rodney-crowell-3715_come_i-read-nabakov-for-style-mary-karr-for-h_1479976.png) > [ “A writer who renders the brutal actions of men in excruciating detail, seldom applying the anesthetic of psychology, \[Cormac\] McCarthy would much… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-b-woodward/a-writer-who-renders-the-brutal-actions-of-men-in-excruciating-detail/) Richard B. Woodward [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03a/richard-b-woodward-272508_mccarthy_a-writer-who-renders-the-brutal-actions_776104.jpg) > [The one that I've always wanted - and I have Scott Rudin in my way blocking it - is 'Blood Meridian,' which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hillcoat/the-one-that-i-ve-always-wanted-and-i-have-scott-rudin-in-my-way/) [John Hillcoat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hillcoat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/john-hillcoat-10505_adapt_the-one-that-i-ve-always-wanted-and-i-ha_357214.jpg) > [“Sparks recently went on record as saying he is a greater novelist than Cormac McCarthy. This is true in the same sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/sparks-recently-went-on-record-as-saying-he-is-a-greater-novelist/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e8/roger-ebert-655_books_sparks-recently-went-on-record-as-saying_2942907.jpg) > [ A part of that \[timewrap\] for me was growing up in a culture that violence had always been a part of. It… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/a-part-of-that-timewrap-for-me-was-growing-up-in-a-culture-that/) [William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/104/william-gibson-642_aberration_a-part-of-that-timewrap-for-me-was-growi_553449.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cormac-mccarthy/#itemlist", "name": "Cormac Mccarthy Quotes", "numberOfItems": 32, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Cormac McCarthy's language is perfect. 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Cormac McCarthy and Hemingway, to read the masters.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rodney Crowell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/i-read-nabakov-for-style-mary-karr-for-heart-and-resonance-of-where-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1aa/rodney-crowell-3715_come_i-read-nabakov-for-style-mary-karr-for-h_1479976.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1aa/rodney-crowell-3715_come_i-read-nabakov-for-style-mary-karr-for-h_1479976.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1aa/rodney-crowell-3715_come_i-read-nabakov-for-style-mary-karr-for-h_1479976.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I read Nabakov for style, Mary Karr for heart and resonance of where I come from. 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