Tucker Max

“My writing is authentic, and whatever happens in my life is what I write about.”

“I'm never going to be Tolstoy.”

“I'm not West Coast at all. I was born in Atlanta, but I grew up in Kentucky, outside of Lexington, in Winchester.”

“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.”

“Books are so cheap and easy to get that people don't bother stealing them, which is the essential rule of piracy that the music business learned much too late.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I've come to learn that what really matters is the relationship, the quality of the relationship.”

“No one has probably helped me more with my narcissism than my dog.”

“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.”

“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.”

“There aren't a whole lot of people in culture that are unapologetically masculine.”

“Social media for the majority of companies is not about helping customers or improving products.”

“The narcissist act is not an act. I actually am a narcissist, very much so. My world revolves around me.”

“Having a soft major is nowhere near the career death sentence that so many make it out to be. The world is changing, and the U.S. economy with it. Our economy is shifting to a service- and information-based economy, and soft majors are already becoming more and more valuable.”

“There is always more demand for great content then there will be great content to satisfy it.”

“Even if I was a Republican, George Bush would have pushed me out of that party.”

“I'm fresh out of fucks to give.”

“I think 20th century media were about tricking people - and the beauty of the Internet is you can't lie anymore.”

“No one has it all figured out, especially not the people who are acting like they do and judging you because of it. Pretending to be something you aren't because you're trying to please a bunch of judgmental hypocrites and shitheads is not the way to be happy. Living the life you want to live is. It really is that simple.”