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.
The whole exploitation thing is funny, too. Exploitation is the nature of the world, isn't it? - Scott Mcclanahan
The whole exploitation thing is funny, too. Exploitation is the nature of the world, isn't it?
- Scott Mcclanahan
In memoir, can you really tell the truth about yourself? You're not going to write about your little peccadilloes, like, "I like a finger in my ass d… - Scott Mcclanahan
In memoir, can you really tell the truth about yourself? You're not going to write about your little peccadilloes, like, "I like a finger in my ass d…
Writing should be like skirts. Long enough to cover what it needs to cover and short enough to maintain interest. - Scott Mcclanahan
Writing should be like skirts. Long enough to cover what it needs to cover and short enough to maintain interest.
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
We're artists. We cry out to be exploited on some level. Write a dissertation on my work. Write a biography about me.
I just realized that I never look at a painting and ask, 'Is this painting fictional or non-fictional?' It’s just a painting. - Scott Mcclanahan
I just realized that I never look at a painting and ask, 'Is this painting fictional or non-fictional?' It’s just a painting.
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
I have no interest in being a trained ballerina. People should dance how they want to dance. I want to be the funky chicken.
Samuel Clemens isn't Mark Twain. Mark Twain is Mark Twain. He doesn't become the thing until he creates himself. - Scott Mcclanahan
Samuel Clemens isn't Mark Twain. Mark Twain is Mark Twain. He doesn't become the thing until he creates himself.
There's always tons of crap music people are trying to sell us - [it's] the same way with publishers and galleries. - Scott Mcclanahan
There's always tons of crap music people are trying to sell us - [it's] the same way with publishers and galleries.
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 th… - Scott Mcclanahan
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 th…
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