Charlottesville Words

Oprah has a comprehensive Cormac McCarthy page on her website. Click on the “Interview” tab to see the first set of excerpts from today’s show. He looks just like he does “on the back of the cover!” I was surprised to learn that McCarthy has an eight-year-old son, who was the inspiration for The Road.

From the interview:
“You always have this image of the perfect thing, which you can never achieve, but which you can never stop trying to achieve.”

“You always have that hope that today I’m going to do something better than I’ve ever done.”

“You have to treat [writing] seriously, as the work that you do.”

“To have a child when you’re older — it wrenches you up out of your nap, and makes you look at things afresh. It forces the world on you.”