"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."

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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

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“Love is a very intense and strong emotion, and it'll make you do some weird things. But I'm always for love, and I think when you find something really special, you need to do whatever you have to do to hold onto it.”
“My parents were very supportive of me and my artistic endeavours. My father and mother came to every school play I ever did.”
“I closely follow everything about user interface or human-computer interface: technology that makes computers closer to the way the human being actually functions.”

Source : "Meet Le Geek: Francois-Henri Pinault". Interview with Joe Einhorn, techcrunch.com. August 5, 2012.
“Thomas was my true name but everyone knew me as Mick, except my mother, who knew me as definitely Michael.”
“Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn't come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun.”

Source : "Chuck Hagel and Israel in context: A guide to his controversial statements". www.washingtonpost.com. September 4, 1998.
“I'm fine with the life I have.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. Every word that serves no function, every long word that could be a short word, every adverb that carries the same meaning thatâ€™s already in the verb, every passive construction that leaves the reader unsure of who is doing whatâ€”these are the thousand and one adulterants that weaken the strength of a sentence. And they usually occur in proportion to the education and rank.”
“Everyone should try to live their life like they'd like to be a role model.”

Source : "Mindy Kaling On Refusing To Be An Outsider And Sexism On Set". "Morning Edition" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. October 16, 2014.

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