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" No one wants to read a story where I saw a cute puppy on the street and I petted it. I mean, that's not funny. I only write about the funny stuff. "
Tucker Max
Funny
Street
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" Frankly, I'd rather make a little bit less money if it means living in a better world for books and publishing in the future. "
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" You know, even big-time academics kind of have groupies. Anyone with any sort of fame. So, like, in your micro-world, or in your niche, you're kind of like a celebrity. "
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" Think about it: If you don't have any actual, tangible skills, then how can you do anything? You may be laughing and nodding, but do you realize how few people, when asked the basic question, 'What can you do?' stumble on the answer and have nothing to say? Most people. "
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" There is no number or level of success that would make me think, 'Wow, I didn't think that was possible.' "
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" I started my blog in 2002. That was pre-MySpace, pre-Facebook. That was back before newspapers realized they were going out of business. That was back when no one gave any credence to Internet writers. "
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" Make no mistake about it: Law school is not a bastion of intellectual discourse. "
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" The haters always scream the loudest. "
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Always
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" I've never really had a media edifice supporting me. "
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" I think 20th century media were about tricking people - and the beauty of the Internet is you can't lie anymore. "
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" When your buddy tells you a movie is good, that's worth 2,000 commercials. "
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Buddy
Your
" I try to explain to people that the only way to be cool is to be who you truly are, and the only way to live life is to do the things that you want to do and be the person that you want to be no matter who that is or what that is or how you have to do it. That's the only way you can be genuinely happy. "
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" The point of psychoanalysis is to really understand the roots of your behavior. Understand why you are doing the things you're doing - and connect your unconscious to your conscious. "
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" I don't even pursue girls anymore. I mean, I could obviously still pursue girls. It's not like I can't. But I don't have to pursue girls anymore. Girls come to me. "
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" I'm a human. Every human is flawed. I might be flawed in different ways than some people, or worse ways than some people, or better ways than some people. "
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Better
Some People
" Publishing companies are like schoolyard bullies that can't even fight well. "
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" I was not developmentally disabled, but didn't mature at the same rate other kids did. "
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" If your parents ignored you, or if they are just not emotionally available, or if they yell a lot, that is a type of trauma. "
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" Helping reproductive services doesn't just help women in isolation. It helps men just as much. "
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" It is hard for me to be vulnerable, because I never learned how to do that. I was never vulnerable in a safe way. "
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" Anything that reflects the human condition back on humans in the entertainment medium is art. "
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Human
Art
" I think I just pick really smart and motivated people to work with - people who are probably going to do great things anyway - and I just teach them what I know, maybe teach them how to think a little clearer than they did before, and then off they go. "
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Work
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Smart
" Look at the scope of writers who sell stuff. I'm at the very top of the power curve in terms of sales. "
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" My parents got divorced when I was around a year old. My dad was essentially a nonentity in my life until I got to be about 16 or so. My mom was a flight attendant for PanAm, so I moved all over the world. London, Rio de Janeiro. "
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" General reader feedback is usually pretty worthless. 99% of people give feedback that is irrelevant, stupid, or just flat out wrong. But that 1% of people who give good feedback are invaluable. "
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Good
" If you like to argue just for the sake of being contentious, you shouldn't pick a job based on this unresolved emotional issue of yours, you should get counseling for it. "
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Like
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Argue
" The Big Five publishing companies are dinosaurs trying to survive in a post-meteor world. They won't. "
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" I don't want to compare myself to Picasso, but he had four or five periods in his life. Any good artist grows and changes and matures. "
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Good
" I sold a million books because I have a lot of fans, not because people hate me. "
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Fans
" Most of my success, I feel, comes from being a good editor as opposed to a great writer. "
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" I've come to learn that what really matters is the relationship, the quality of the relationship. "
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