Cormac McCarthy is just one of those people who is intimidatingly smart.

@officegossip

9 ай бұрын

he comes off as incredibly humble and warm though, so i think that intimidation would be more out of respect.

RIP, Cormac. Thanks for doing your thing so well, for so long.

@Loquacious_Jackson

11 ай бұрын

He's your typical, miserable Irish-brained moron. Nothing special about him tbh

@user-ki5xz6yc5o

11 ай бұрын

@@Loquacious_Jackson wow!

“War was always here, waiting for us.”

@morganclonce

Ай бұрын

Easily the most misunderstood quote/ monologue from that work

I could literally listen to this man talk all day. And not just because he's one of the greatest writers of all time, but also just because his voice is so damn soothing. XD

@raulruizdevelasco6215

2 жыл бұрын

And the stuff he says is really fucking interesting.

@anodyne57

Жыл бұрын

Total Bob Ross vibe. Maybe the accent would locate some common regional origin.

@graham6132

Жыл бұрын

If you listened to him talk all day, you’d probably get less than 250 words total, ie one page of prose. If I were you I’d rather just read him.

Reading Cormac McCarthy is a cathartic experience. An amazing cathartic experience.

@2011hwalker

Жыл бұрын

its also quite traumatic at times haha

Cormac McCarthy is a brilliant writer! The best of the best.

Great exposure for him, but Oprah is one of the last people I'd pick to interview this man.

@pfanomush930

4 жыл бұрын

Why?

@strongbongus

4 жыл бұрын

Pfano Mush were you watching? she's way out of her depth.

@pfanomush930

4 жыл бұрын

@@strongbongus You're Kidding right?! Oprah can handle any interview effortlessly. Cormac is a difficult person to interview, if you know how sad his life was, you'd understand why. Anyway Please subscribe to my channel 💚

@Neat0_o

3 жыл бұрын

@@pfanomush930 explain to me how his life was sad at one point? I truly don’t know.

@annegraham2015

Жыл бұрын

noone but oprah could pull him out to talk.OPRAH is an icon ..whether u agree or not

His thoughts on the subconscious remind me of Carl Jung's writings on the collective unconscious. I truly get the same type of dark isolated feeling when I read the works of both men.

@suttree3233

3 жыл бұрын

Jung's writings on interior evil were a big influence on Outer Dark actually

@mattameta

3 жыл бұрын

That’s odd , Jung makes me feel the exact opposite

@Aidansim511

Жыл бұрын

Oddly I was drawn back to read No country and then blood meridian after being introduced to Jung.

@LocalFoe

Жыл бұрын

Always with Jung. It's boring. Most only repeat what is spoon-fed. Not unlike Oprah in this interview. Boring, Sidney.

@Ykpaina988

5 ай бұрын

Not sure why everyone feels so damn isolated reading Jung he’s talking about a collective universal experience available to everyone who wants to engage with his work.

I'd love Cormac McCarthy to narrate audiobooks of his works, but Richard Poe is a damn good second choice!

We lost a legend of literature. Rest In Pages

"its the brain thing" hahaha

@mattmarkus4868

4 жыл бұрын

lol!

@sirotahaggen

3 жыл бұрын

I swear the second she said that I decided to scroll through the comments only to find yours highest ranked lol.

@bc2578

3 жыл бұрын

@@sirotahaggen she is so stupid, why would he talk to her......

@anodyne57

Жыл бұрын

I mean...just kill me. But don't make me listen to her speak again...anything, the rack, but not that.

@isaaca6445

10 ай бұрын

But, it is the brain, isn't it? Dreaming, thinking, perceiving, imagining... isn't it the brain?

Such a wise and worldly perspective, exactly what made his writing so unique. I love how whenever I read a McCarthy novel there’s a fusion of primal feeling with worldly understanding. Even the books I didn’t particularly care for were clearly written by a master storyteller

I SO wish Dick Cavett had interviewed him instead..

@Neat0_o

2 жыл бұрын

Damn that would have been an actual intellectual interview between both party’s and not just McCarthy.

@garyspence2128

Жыл бұрын

Why drag Cavett into this? Don't let your dislikes govern what the rest of us are actually enjoying. That's so selfish and typical of you...but not unexpected!

@blipblip88

Жыл бұрын

@@garyspence2128 How would someone know what was typical of someone else unless they knew them? I bet this gary person is a riot at parties..

@BookClubDisaster

Жыл бұрын

@@BL-mf3jp Uggggh. No. Charlie is a bland human being who asked bland questions. And oh yeah, he was pals with Jeffrey Epstein who scouted interns for him.....

@thebasedgodmax1163

Жыл бұрын

@@Neat0_o you'd be whining if it was somebody talking to McCarthy as much as him and claim they weren't letting him speak. you elitists can't let anyone win

I love that he made Nash the co-author

During the interview Cormac refers to [August] Kekule's Dream. Fascinating!

@Gekokujo76

2 жыл бұрын

After 20 years of studying, it came to him in a dream. When asked about it, Kekule gave one of the best quotes ever...."Visions come to prepared spirits".

After reading a lot of books about the lives of authors and musicians, I think Cormac's fascination with the subconscious and his implicit trust in its guiding direction is spot on. Nearly every author of some renown has said they have absolutely no idea where their stories come from, absent any real life experience or research that might serve as the basis for their novel. But for completely fictional works it really does seem like these ideas just suddenly hit them and they're never at a complete loss for where to take them. From beginning to end their subconscious is producing the material and they feel like scribes writing down words and ideas that don't entirely feel like they're their own thoughts. It's as if they're a medium for something else. Musicians seem to be the same way. Keith Richards, in his autobiography "Life" said something about how when he's writing his guitar riffs, it's almost as if they're emerging from some subconscious ether, and he just has to be determined enough to keep chasing this thing that he knows already exists somewhere else, but he has to bring it into existence here. Michael Jackson had the same spooky experience writing his music. It just comes from someplace beyond their own ability to think or feel, as if they've been bestowed with a gift from the beyond.

Rest In Peace.

Why writing can be hard is you can't keep up with the subconscious flow. Channeling it's speed into word is difficult. But as justice Holmes called it like pissing. You open a vein and it flows.

One thing I've learned is you need to step out of the way. The creativity is living within you.

Excellent author!!

Bugger! I wanted to hear more of this interview.

RIP to the legend

Wow.. Unbelievable dream solving. With Russel Crowes character at that 😂. Real life is crazier then any fiction. Sad how many views Cormacs interviews have on KZread. He is a brilliant man. Brilliant and inspiring. 💡

@christopherhamilton3621

Ай бұрын

Sad that you had to mention Crowe when it’s Nash that’s the inspiration…

Mr.Cormac, it's nice to having you on my way...

Watching this made me realize that Cormac Mcarthy is as articulate as he is brilliant. And that I miss Oprah, people don't realize what it means to be a great interviewer, she is so disarming, that she allows Cormac to go on about these elegant stories. She is us, a collective vessel for the audience.

@treasuretrovecove59

4 жыл бұрын

She’s an idiot.

@stevejanowiak1982

3 жыл бұрын

Us? Yea, she’s definitely my truck driving buddy, Lester, from West Virginia. The two of them have sooo much in common. Give me a break with this Oprah worship BS! It’s puke-worthy.

@Dapryor

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevejanowiak1982 you missed her point.

@thebasedgodmax1163

Жыл бұрын

@@stevejanowiak1982 he praised her for being a good interviewer, not for being your truck driving buddy. put the drink down and clear your mind

@isaaca6445

10 ай бұрын

​@@stevejanowiak1982you forgot to add the confederate flag to the back of the truck.

“It’s that brain thing again” -- 🧐

@titusmccarthy

Жыл бұрын

She S-M-R-T.

We miss you so much, Mr McCarthy

Este homem, é um gênio...

@RodgerYoung2024

9 ай бұрын

Fico feliz que tenha outro brasileiro aqui heheheh

RIP Sir..

@ArtemijoCaputoKokovick

11 ай бұрын

big cormac

brilliant..

Oprah isn't as knowledgeable on writing, the subconscious, or the history of language as Cormac McCarthy, a Pulitzer Prize winning author who spends his free time among scientists and others at an interdisciplinary scientific research organization (Santa Fe Institute, mentioned by McCarthy in this interview)? Well, of course. There's nothing embarrassing about that. Her money and clout allowed this interview to happen. It is silly to criticize her. McCarthy wasn't remotely condescending.

@pootdaggy2657

6 жыл бұрын

Nor to me, did he seem that interested in speaking with Winfrey. Not bothered mind you, just less than interested.

@j.patrickboyce5513

5 жыл бұрын

“McCarthy wasn’t remotely condescending.” Well - that makes one of you.

@Gman-nu1mv

3 жыл бұрын

@@j.patrickboyce5513 how was he ?

@VSCassidy

3 жыл бұрын

These topics don't automatically come to you because you have scientists as friends or have more direct access to a research organization. It is neither necessary nor really beneficial in a lot of cases. They are also not solved or solvable and readily available. What matters here is the choice to take the time to reflect and engage with such topics in the first place. Yes, today it is no miracle that someone like Oprah is unable to participate in this dialogue and nobody asks of her to be McCarthy's equal in that moment, ... regardless - her being absolutely unable to participate at all (apart from seemingly poorly acted utterances of "oh" and "whoah") does say something about the shallowness of her and the culture that made her big.

Nash as co-author: that’s gratitude.

"Whoa"- Oprah's response to Cormac McCarthy.

@isaaca6445

10 ай бұрын

So what?

Things that seem difficult for mundane people just seem so easy for those with true capability. He talks about writing as if it were making a sandwich. Which, to him, it probably was.

What an interesting man he was. RIP Cormac.

Amazing how many of these ideas are in The Passenger/Stella Maris. Almost verbatim. Goes to show how long he’s been asking these questions, only to find more questions. Rest in peace, Cormac.

Regardless of your thoughts on Oprah it's nice to put a face to the genius works he's accomplished over a lifetime.

@crossedpolars

Жыл бұрын

Nice to see Oprahs big face too every so often

My hero

@benx6549

11 ай бұрын

You have excellent taste, Mr. Moleman

Subconscious is a "committee" and they have "meetings"? Is it just me, or was Pixar inspired to make "Inside Out" after watching this interview? Cormac McCarthy has something else to add to his resume.

@dillongreaney4265

4 жыл бұрын

That concept's been around longer than McCarthy.

@anodyne57

Жыл бұрын

Check out "Being John Malkovich."

Oprah has made a career out of sounding like the smartest person in the room. She's not used to talking to a guy like this.

@johnkuipers7829

3 жыл бұрын

I can't stand Oprah. Never have, She thinks she is so smart but it's nonsense.

@joeking6972

3 жыл бұрын

@@jon8004 indeed I'm not saying I like her as a person but she is a communicative genius; She literally became a billionaire due to her ability to speak, listen, and persuade people to open up about things they've never told anyone else. Furthermore she actually allows her guests to speak instead of talking over them or trying to make the conversation about her which sadly has become all too popular today.

@Patrick-od2bd

2 жыл бұрын

You can tell she's in awe of the man lol

@mikem8230

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree

@annegraham2015

Жыл бұрын

@@johnkuipers7829 lol you tell that to a billionaire ???SHE IS SMART!! putting a billion dollars in the bank proves you are smart

"its that brain thing again" - god what an intellect she is

@anodyne57

Жыл бұрын

Really. And that's after she's already been in the presence of hour after hour of the brilliance of her interview subjects. Osmosis is most certainly not how people learn to think.

@GGTutor1

Жыл бұрын

Came here to say that and you beat me to it. Damn, you must have that brain thing going.

@gleeeshee

Жыл бұрын

@@GGTutor1 😂

@thebasedgodmax1163

Жыл бұрын

you people are probably just as smart as her. stop being pseuds and get a grip

@HeatherMurdockENG

Жыл бұрын

Oprah's job is to make the information accessible to her audience. That's what she is doing with her comments.

I read The Road which I enjoyed. I haven't read any of his other books, but he has his own unique style of writing.

@ThePaintballerforlif

Ай бұрын

Do yourself a favor and read No Country For Old Men and Blood Meridian. They are both amazing pieces of work.

@francissookraj3202

Ай бұрын

@@ThePaintballerforlif ok, I will.

I wonder if John Nash actually dreamed about talking to the mathematician as well :)

Some people's comments on here are hilarious for the reasons that they are exaggerated. The man is merely making theoretical points about the subconscious. Some of which are subjective even. Lol

@bienvivos

6 жыл бұрын

A man can arrive at truthful conclusions subjectively just like it can arrive at wrongful conclusions objectively. Because when it comes ti subconscious understanding and personal development man can subjectively understand what is truly right or wrong, there is no way of piggybacking on someone else's subjective understanding.

@marklacroix373

4 жыл бұрын

All of which are subjective.

An intellectual mismatch in this one..

@isaaca6445

10 ай бұрын

Not at all! Oprah is probably brighter than me and I fully understood what he was saying. I wonder what prejudices are driving your comments.

I would die if I could just have one hour with this man. I feel like we would be great friends. I need to talk about the conscious and subconscious literature its meanings its teachings and life.

I’m reading The Road right now, it’s an incredible book I can’t put it down. His writing style is absolutely reminiscent of Ernest Hemingway’s minimalist, direct writing style with short simple sentences and to the point story telling. I’ll most likely be reading everything he wrote.

@thomaspynchon8400

6 ай бұрын

That's the later mccarthy. The earlier mccarthy is reminiscent of Faulkner and Joyce, especially suttree which has unbelievable use of prose and vocabulary. Read all his books. He's probably the greatest writer to ever write.

@matthewgallant3622

6 ай бұрын

@@thomaspynchon8400 I definitely plan to. Blood Meridian is my next one.

@thomaspynchon8400

6 ай бұрын

@@matthewgallant3622 good luck

@scraps992

5 ай бұрын

@@matthewgallant3622 Tackle that one like an endeavor. Take notes, underline things, and look words up as you encounter them. It's a very difficult book to read, and that's not touching the brutal, horrific violence. It's about as difficult as something like Moby Dick or Dante's Inferno or the Bible.

@matthewgallant3622

5 ай бұрын

@@scraps992 I read Moby Dick. It’s a very tough read.

Can we just edit Oprah out of this?

@annegraham2015

Жыл бұрын

go hide somewhere duh

@annegraham2015

Жыл бұрын

@@jon8004 indeed ...

I don’t see how the unconscious could be older than language, since language is, to my mind, essentially what defines us as Subjects. But of course, the two are _intimately_ related (parapraxis/slips, jokes, stutters, the signifying chain, etc).

1:42 ... And that's how a destroyed mind sounds.

@ac-gz4bg

Жыл бұрын

Man this cracked me up so much.

@isaaca6445

10 ай бұрын

How the hell do you read "a destroyed mind" out of someone saying 'yes'! Unless you're looking for the worst in people who, for some reason, you deem inferior.

@shhlie

3 ай бұрын

Mind blown = destroyed mind. Obviously

RIP giant.

So....could my subconscious mind solve all my "problems"? I have pleaded with myself to fix these problems. I think my problem is that It is my conscious mind that is pleading with my conscious mind to "fix" my problems that my subconscious maybe doesn't even accept as problems? How do I communicate with my subconscious mind consciously?

thats intense, man

I’m listening

Cormac would love the Lars von Trier Melancholia Press video!!!

What math paper was that? Who was the author besides Nash?

RIP

Oh, to talk with this man…

1:42 Oprah with the most delayed fake understanding ever.

@isaaca6445

10 ай бұрын

Omg, give it a break!

WOW

Nash as co author, haha, I almost believed it until that point. good one

@valq10

4 жыл бұрын

It's a true story. Donald Newman himself relates the story in the documentary A Brilliant Madness, the transcript of which you can find here: cosmolearning.org/documentaries/a-brilliant-madness-john-nash-620/1/

Stephen King wrote in his book On Writing that he sometimes was not able to understand "whacks of" McCarthy's writing.

@girishgowda7661

5 жыл бұрын

Ikr,I saw this in his interview for rolling stones. I think it was blood meridian he was talking about.

@youbetcha6880

2 жыл бұрын

@@girishgowda7661 "Blood Meridian" us definitely a challenging read.

@titusmccarthy

Жыл бұрын

King is average intelligence at best.

He speaks like Daniel Day Lewis's Lincoln.

i don't know what it is like for other ppl but whatever your eyes register ears note down nose catches is stored and given back to you when you want it depending if you know how to retrive the files and if your intelligences level is on par with your subconscious what is given back to you will be of higher level then what you put in minus all the bugs . I understand why he would rather hang out with engineers and scientists for the simple reson their inputs are of much higher quality then the rest of humanity. and that is in no way a attempt to diss the contributions of others because no one can fuction on high level all the time without cracking couple of fart jokes to give space for everything to be filed and processed in it's rightful place balance is the key to everything .

@GothicArchies1

6 жыл бұрын

you really took mccarthy's approach to punctuation and ran with it lol

genius genius genius

I’ve read The Crossing, All the Pretty Horses & No Country For Old Men. Any recommendations on the next book of his to crack?

@nicoles7800

3 жыл бұрын

Blood Meridian

@gwendolynsinclair

3 жыл бұрын

@@nicoles7800 thanks! Started The Road but Blood Meridian will be the next.

@nicoles7800

3 жыл бұрын

@@gwendolynsinclair Awesome 👏, you will like both. The road.....😭

@gotnuggets99

3 жыл бұрын

Highly recommend Blood Meridian, The Road, Child Of God is absolutely fantastic as well

@gwendolynsinclair

3 жыл бұрын

@@gotnuggets99 thanks for your recommendations.

The way he described the subconscious is my exact thought process when I’ve tripped on mushrooms lol

Bro! He’s smart AF

When she shuts up , then we learn.

The subconscious like from Inside Out!

@mattheww797

8 жыл бұрын

yes he just came up with the plot to a disney movie i wonder if he realized

@irrationalman2363

8 жыл бұрын

That was more about subconscious emotions than what he is talking about here, but yeah some things were really well represented in Inside Out

1:42 Oprah bamboozled 😂

I can't believe people are shitting on Oprah for this in the commets. She is doing a perfectly fine job, she's giving him room to answer the question and develop his thoughts. This isn't supposed to be a discussion or debate, she's hear to ask him questions and let him answer.

@GoblinGirl

Жыл бұрын

She's very respectful of him and rarely interrupts him, which is what an interviewer is supposed to do. Dick Cavett was like that too.

@isaaca6445

10 ай бұрын

They're snobs who only think academic white men are worthy of respect. They're threatened by her. She invalidates their illusory superiority which they project through the realm of literary culture, academia and so called western high culture. Oprah is a threat to all that.

"Can I buy some pot from you?"

Oprah was like: "Hell, we usually don't discuss these things with Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Angelina Jolie." Way above her level. Embarrassing to watch.

The subconscious endures. As well ask men what they think of stone.

The sunconscious thinks with symbols and communicates with them too.

"The same thing that tells you what to write, tells you when to stop writing it." Fuck me.

Never thought a day would come when I would be defending Oprah, but I think most people in the comments are being too harsh. Not the smartest person in the room by any stretch of the imagination, but not as dumb as people seem to think she is. Her demeanour and comments show she is a thoughtful listener at least (as well as a fairly diligent reader of McCarthy), well ahead of most interviewers these days. Even the fact that she actually read his books before interviewing him puts her ahead of most.

such a waste of an exclusive opportunity to speak with such an amazing dude

@lawsonj39

6 жыл бұрын

She does just fine.

Does anyone know the MIT mathematician McCarthy is referring to?

@otterdawg

29 күн бұрын

Did you find out who he is, please?

But she stood on the heads of those little peoples....😂

Oprah - 'John Nash' 😳

She has no idea even the language she’s lacking

Oprah: “…Yeah…”

4:50 Oprah pretending to act amazed

feel sorry for Cormac having to endure that interview

@JohnMAdams-nl9zt

7 ай бұрын

Oh relax. The interview was fine and interesting. Oprah’s IQ may be lower than yours, but she sure knows how to get out of an interviewee’s way.

This is how your mind ends up if you live a free life of discovery. I hope someone recorded and stored every word that old man said. Continuing his research matters. The truth about is GOD real in a yes or no answer for all and for all time with undeniable evidence. He enjoyed making guys like me frustrated, I enjoy knowing he knows I was always right now. GOD is real. Faith requires zero evidence. Rest in Peace old man. The worlds gonna miss you and your stories .

Oprah is right up there with Joe Rogan is wisdom: Wow

1:42 Oprah's mind explodes

@cassiosxs

8 жыл бұрын

+W Miles Co author Nash

Cormorant McCarthy has a car under his chair.

Every time I disparage the intelligence of the interviewer ability to create a narrative. It’s removed

The USA belive that oprah is intelligent?? 😅 oh america ....

I've never wanted to watch or listen to this woman, but, obviously, many have; have I missed something critical ?

@furiousd123456

3 жыл бұрын

nope. she's bored middle age housewive jesus

It's that brain thing again! Wtf lolololol....!!!

What did Henry Miller say in French? Jakkuu, I’m listening?? Can anyone translate?

@elel2608

2 жыл бұрын

J’ecoute.

@euremita

Жыл бұрын

J’accuse! (Dreyfus Miller)

@mattmarkus4868

Жыл бұрын

first semester first year french

@titusmccarthy

Жыл бұрын

@@elel2608 Americans can't speak French, it's cute when they try. Thank God they don't attempt to speak English. (I probably mixed up this quotation but it's something to that effect).

Think he plays Pokémon Go?

@titusmccarthy

Жыл бұрын

Yes. He's deceased but YES>

He wrote a paper about how languages develop. If I link it here, youtube will delete my comment.

On my youtube site, SCOTT SHEPARD, I have recently posted an analysis in which I compare THE PASSENGER and STELLA MARIS to Robert Pirsig's ZEN AND THE ART of MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE and LILA. One of the key elements in my study is how the creation of the atom bomb influences Bobby and Alicia. CORMAC MCCARTHY & ROBERT PIRSIG, GENIUS, DEATH, & INSANITY. by Dr. Scott Shepard

I've learned so much from this comment section. Comments sections give a glimpse of the collective unconscious. Here, we see how threatened old white elitist academic men are by someone like Oprah. This is very much in the collective unconscious, but people will rarely voice it in the open.

@corpushypercubus4587

5 ай бұрын

you’re inferring the meaning you want from these comments. The remarks would be the same if McCarthy was interviewed by a white, male TV personality that typically panders to low-brow audiences, like Jerry Springer. And who are these “old white elitists” in academia? It’s abundantly clear that academia is rife all the way to the top with progressives and their anti-White ideology.

Cormac said he hated punctuation. Unnecessary