--- title: "1 Beings Just Quotes By Nell Zink" description: "1 Beings Just quotes by Nell Zink. Plus more from Nell Zink and more Beings Just sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/nell-zink-26443_complexes_human-beings-are-just-way-more-complex-t_1821072.jpg" --- > [Human beings are just way more complex than they'd like to be. They like to be simple machines. And they'll set up fantasy scenarios where they're simple machines, and get hurt and do things they regret.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-zink/human-beings-are-just-way-more-complex-than-they-d-like-to-be-they/) [Nell Zink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-zink/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/nell-zink-26443_complexes_human-beings-are-just-way-more-complex-t_1821072.jpg) ## More by Nell Zink > [“They should build a monument,” Cary said. “All the times I got my ass beat to a pulp so the youth of today could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-zink/they-should-build-a-monument-cary-said-all-the-times-i-got-my-ass/) [Nell Zink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-zink/) > [“I saw that I had followed the chief guiding principle of the petty bourgeoisie in modernity and made a virtue of necessity in telling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-zink/i-saw-that-i-had-followed-the-chief-guiding-principle-of-the-petty/) [Nell Zink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-zink/) > [The interesting artists I know are the ones doing political work. The most interesting people I know are the people who care about politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-zink/the-interesting-artists-i-know-are-the-ones-doing-political-work-the/) [Nell Zink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-zink/) > [I never take pictures. Skies are much larger in reminiscences and my friends are much better-looking. Photos crop reality into little squares; instead, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-zink/i-never-take-pictures-skies-are-much-larger-in-reminiscences-and-my/) [Nell Zink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-zink/) > [People wanted to get me published, and my early work was so weird that they weren't getting anywhere. I thought, okay, I'll do something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-zink/people-wanted-to-get-me-published-and-my-early-work-was-so-weird-that/) [Nell Zink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-zink/) > [I'm enough of an anarchist aesthetically, when it comes to art - I want people to be reading my stuff voluntarily. They should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-zink/i-m-enough-of-an-anarchist-aesthetically-when-it-comes-to-art-i-want/) [Nell Zink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-zink/) > [I'd say it's never a challenge to present white and heteronormative privilege. The hard thing is to write any other way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-zink/i-d-say-it-s-never-a-challenge-to-present-white-and-heteronormative/) [Nell Zink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-zink/) > [I really like writing in English, and it's the best job I've ever had.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-zink/i-really-like-writing-in-english-and-it-s-the-best-job-i-ve-ever-had/) [Nell Zink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-zink/) > [“Why shouldn’t loving puppets be a revolutionary act, in a world where so many people love drone warfare?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-zink/why-shouldn-t-loving-puppets-be-a-revolutionary-act-in-a-world-where/) [Nell Zink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-zink/) > [What's important is the tolerance. If people are not beating other people up, or shooting them for being different, then that's progress. Even if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-zink/what-s-important-is-the-tolerance-if-people-are-not-beating-other/) [Nell Zink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-zink/) > [I have known many people who were seduced as children by same-sex partners and then spent their teen years being gay, and then found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-zink/i-have-known-many-people-who-were-seduced-as-children-by-same-sex/) [Nell Zink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-zink/) > [Human beings are just way more complex than they'd like to be. They like to be simple machines. And they'll set up fantasy scenarios…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-zink/human-beings-are-just-way-more-complex-than-they-d-like-to-be-they/) [Nell Zink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-zink/) > [In the rural South, the only interesting people were the sexual deviants. Everybody else was able to be part of the mainstream, and could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-zink/in-the-rural-south-the-only-interesting-people-were-the-sexual/) [Nell Zink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-zink/) > [“I mean No South. You can’t have ‘New’ and ‘South.’ It’s oxymoronic. I’m talking about the No South. The unstoppable force that’s putting in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-zink/i-mean-no-south-you-can-t-have-new-and-south-it-s-oxymoronic-i-m/) [Nell Zink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-zink/) > [“For jobs and men, it’s a seller’s market. There are no other fish in the sea.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nell-zink/for-jobs-and-men-it-s-a-seller-s-market-there-are-no-other-fish-in/) [Nell Zink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nell-zink/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beings-just/nell-zink/#itemlist", "name": "1 Beings Just Quotes By Nell Zink", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Human beings are just way more complex than they'd like to be. They like to be simple machines. 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