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Scott McClanahan Quotes

Most of the answers to the world could be answered with our bodies Picture Quote #1

I think all good art is outsider art Picture Quote #1

I think maybe it’s my personality. People don’t like my face Picture Quote #1

New York exists for me. Not me for it Picture Quote #1

Only cool people care about the origin stories of why they like something, and I’m not cool Picture Quote #1

Most book things now (with a few exceptions) are just built around nice, safe books written for nice and safe book club readers. These are usually the books you see on display at Barnes and Noble. These Internet writers are like literary terrorists to me. They’re training as we speak. They’re getting ready to invade. They’re building an army Picture Quote #1

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I’m shocked and surprised by people that are shocked and surprised that certain things in life are made up or not as true as you might believe them to be Picture Quote #1

It’s weird. People want you to know that they write. They want you to know they’re a musician, rather than making music or making stories. It’s the strangest thing Picture Quote #1

With my stuff, I think I’ve tried. I’ve been courted. I don’t want to sound like an asshole, but I’ve been courted to be someone who could sell a lot of books Picture Quote #1

I guess the things I have always loved are from people who were just being themselves. They were doing these things because they couldn’t do it any other way. It was for them Picture Quote #1

So much of our culture is bought and manufactured - not to say great art can’t come out of that. Some art is really amazing that is manufactured and sold, like action movies and stuff Picture Quote #1

Samuel Clemens isn’t Mark Twain. Mark Twain is Mark Twain. He doesn’t become the thing until he creates himself Picture Quote #1

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The things that I have loved have always been those extremes where there has been some kind of apocalypse in the person’s life, and they come out unscathed or scathed Picture Quote #1

It’s like that where these little anecdotes come through, and I guess that’s what I like about books like that [He Stopped Loving Her Today]. Fiction now is so experiential Picture Quote #1

Fellini is a just a province kid. Rome exists for Fellini, not the other way around Picture Quote #1

You can write songs about your comic books and the girl or boy you sort of know and your mom and dad and it’s all right there in front of you Picture Quote #1

We’re artists. We cry out to be exploited on some level. Write a dissertation on my work. Write a biography about me Picture Quote #1

The whole exploitation thing is funny, too. Exploitation is the nature of the world, isn’t it? Picture Quote #1

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There’s always tons of crap music people are trying to sell us - [it’s] the same way with publishers and galleries Picture Quote #1

The only hope we have are our bodies. We’re all trapped in them and we all hate them, and it’s this reason why we’re comic and not tragic Picture Quote #1

Everybody is so goddamn sure of themselves, it just makes you realize this is the curse of the modern world Picture Quote #1

I have no interest in being a trained ballerina. People should dance how they want to dance. I want to be the funky chicken Picture Quote #1

Writing should be like skirts. Long enough to cover what it needs to cover and short enough to maintain interest Picture Quote #1

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Most of the answers to the world could be answered with our bodies (Scott McClanahan Quotes) I think all good art is outsider art (Scott McClanahan Quotes) I think maybe it’s my personality. People don’t like my face (Scott McClanahan Quotes) New York exists for me. Not me for it (Scott McClanahan Quotes) Only cool people care about the origin stories of why they like something, and I’m not cool (Scott McClanahan Quotes) Most book things now (with a few exceptions) are just built around nice, safe books written for nice and safe book club readers. These are usually the books you see on display at Barnes and Noble. These Internet writers are like literary terrorists to me. They’re training as we speak. They’re getting ready to invade. They’re building an army (Scott McClanahan Quotes) I’m shocked and surprised by people that are shocked and surprised that certain things in life are made up or not as true as you might believe them to be (Scott McClanahan Quotes) It’s weird. People want you to know that they write. They want you to know they’re a musician, rather than making music or making stories. It’s the strangest thing (Scott McClanahan Quotes) With my stuff, I think I’ve tried. I’ve been courted. I don’t want to sound like an asshole, but I’ve been courted to be someone who could sell a lot of books (Scott McClanahan Quotes) I guess the things I have always loved are from people who were just being themselves. They were doing these things because they couldn’t do it any other way. It was for them (Scott McClanahan Quotes) So much of our culture is bought and manufactured - not to say great art can’t come out of that. Some art is really amazing that is manufactured and sold, like action movies and stuff (Scott McClanahan Quotes) Samuel Clemens isn’t Mark Twain. Mark Twain is Mark Twain. He doesn’t become the thing until he creates himself (Scott McClanahan Quotes) The things that I have loved have always been those extremes where there has been some kind of apocalypse in the person’s life, and they come out unscathed or scathed (Scott McClanahan Quotes) It’s like that where these little anecdotes come through, and I guess that’s what I like about books like that [He Stopped Loving Her Today]. Fiction now is so experiential (Scott McClanahan Quotes) Fellini is a just a province kid. Rome exists for Fellini, not the other way around (Scott McClanahan Quotes) You can write songs about your comic books and the girl or boy you sort of know and your mom and dad and it’s all right there in front of you (Scott McClanahan Quotes) We’re artists. We cry out to be exploited on some level. Write a dissertation on my work. Write a biography about me (Scott McClanahan Quotes) The whole exploitation thing is funny, too. Exploitation is the nature of the world, isn’t it? (Scott McClanahan Quotes) There’s always tons of crap music people are trying to sell us - [it’s] the same way with publishers and galleries (Scott McClanahan Quotes) The only hope we have are our bodies. We’re all trapped in them and we all hate them, and it’s this reason why we’re comic and not tragic (Scott McClanahan Quotes) Everybody is so goddamn sure of themselves, it just makes you realize this is the curse of the modern world (Scott McClanahan Quotes) I have no interest in being a trained ballerina. People should dance how they want to dance. I want to be the funky chicken (Scott McClanahan Quotes) Writing should be like skirts. Long enough to cover what it needs to cover and short enough to maintain interest (Scott McClanahan Quotes)