When someone thinks, "I liked his last book, I'll hope this new one is good" and shells out their hard-earned, I fervently want that person to be thrilled.
That's the thing you learn about values: they're what people make up to justify what they did. - Max Barry
That's the thing you learn about values: they're what people make up to justify what they did.
- Max Barry
People resist a census, but give them a profile page and they'll spend all day telling you who they are. - Max Barry
People resist a census, but give them a profile page and they'll spend all day telling you who they are.
What it comes down to, you see, is that a naked body is just a naked body. But the possibility of a naked body is something special. - Max Barry
What it comes down to, you see, is that a naked body is just a naked body. But the possibility of a naked body is something special.
When it's done with being graceful and poetic, language is meant to communicate, after all. - Max Barry
When it's done with being graceful and poetic, language is meant to communicate, after all.
Hey, I saw this old British movie, all the people spoke so different, you could hardly understand them. But everyone here speaks American as good as … - Max Barry
Hey, I saw this old British movie, all the people spoke so different, you could hardly understand them. But everyone here speaks American as good as …
My own fault. The equipment had safeties but your primary piece of protective equipment was your brain. There was a presumption that anyone entering … - Max Barry
My own fault. The equipment had safeties but your primary piece of protective equipment was your brain. There was a presumption that anyone entering …
Elizabeth is smart, ruthless, and emotionally damaged ... [i]f Elizabeth's brain was a person, it would have scars, tattoos, and be missing one eye. - Max Barry
Elizabeth is smart, ruthless, and emotionally damaged ... [i]f Elizabeth's brain was a person, it would have scars, tattoos, and be missing one eye.
The most fundamental thing about a person is desire. It defines them. Tell me what a person wants, truly wants, and I'll tell you who they are, and h… - Max Barry
The most fundamental thing about a person is desire. It defines them. Tell me what a person wants, truly wants, and I'll tell you who they are, and h…
There's no requirement that jobs be meaningful. If there was, half the country would be unemployed. - Max Barry
There's no requirement that jobs be meaningful. If there was, half the country would be unemployed.
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