"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."

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Source : "Indie author Scott McClanahan considers art and anecdote through 5 of his favorite books". Interview with Phil McCausland, www.avclub.com. July 20, 2016.

Scott McClanahan

#Writing Quotes #People Quotes #Musician Quotes

“You've got to use alcohol and not let it use you. I come from a country that's been doomed by alcohol. The Irish could drink; they could drink Europe. And they'd have a good go at America, too. I mean, you guys - your alcohol is like not good, it's weak.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“I'm not gonna change my way of dance because I lost and the judge tells me I should do it a certain way.”
“I'm going to publicly challenge the biggest names in religion to repent and give back the money they've ripped off from the poor.”
“Mitt Romney had a fundraiser in Israel with a bunch of diamond merchants, we don't know the names of them.”
“We are born and reborn countless number of times, and it is possible that each being has been our parent at one time or another. Therefore, it is likely that all beings in this universe have familial connections.”
“In Australia, they set up a special fund to kick films off. It was quite an enlightened sort of move. You could go to this government bureau with scripts and and get finance for films.”
“This way of seeing our Father in everything makes life one long thanksgiving and gives a rest of heart, and, more than that, a gayety of spirit, that is unspeakable.”
“From a strictly economic point of view, buying gold in a major inflation and holding it probably presents the least risk of capital loss of any investment or speculation.”

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