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title: "2 Blogs Quotes By Tao Lin"
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> [I don't think it's more positive to have a Twitter account, a Tumblr, and a blog. Someone without those things will use their time to do other things, like read books or swim or talk to their children or read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tao-lin/i-don-t-think-it-s-more-positive-to-have-a-twitter-account-a-tumblr/)

[Tao Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tao-lin/)

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> [If I focused hard on getting a literary agent, and doing things like that, instead of designing my blog's header, I would have more money, I think. I think I don't view myself as an author. I view myself as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tao-lin/if-i-focused-hard-on-getting-a-literary-agent-and-doing-things-like/)

[Tao Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tao-lin/)

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## Other authors on Blogs

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-matt-mullenweg-65470.jpg) Matt Mullenweg 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blogs/matt-mullenweg/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-kate-christensen-55395.jpg) Kate Christensen 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blogs/kate-christensen/)

## More by Tao Lin

> [“In the parking lot, she drove and parked in a dark area with no other cars around. She reclined her seat, and listened to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tao-lin/in-the-parking-lot-she-drove-and-parked-in-a-dark-area-with-no-other/)

[Tao Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tao-lin/)

> [“i recommend the phrase 'pineapple ass”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tao-lin/i-recommend-the-phrase-pineapple-ass/)

[Tao Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tao-lin/)

> [I actually don't have...opinions. I'm not being secretive about anything. I just actually don't have opinions about society. I can discern that certain things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tao-lin/i-actually-don-t-have-opinions-i-m-not-being-secretive-about-anything/)

[Tao Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tao-lin/)

> [“Sara would call one of those cops on horses a motherfucker. The cop would avert his eyes. Sara would ask directions for the wild…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tao-lin/sara-would-call-one-of-those-cops-on-horses-a-motherfucker-the-cop/)

[Tao Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tao-lin/)

> [Do you sometimes look up from the computer and look around the room and know you are alone, I mean really know it, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tao-lin/do-you-sometimes-look-up-from-the-computer-and-look-around-the-room/)

[Tao Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tao-lin/)

> [I think mostly the commodifying comes after I've done something that has some other value to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tao-lin/i-think-mostly-the-commodifying-comes-after-i-ve-done-something-that/)

[Tao Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tao-lin/)

> [“The hamster friend said being able to do front rolls didn't make the hamster as good as Bruce Lee, which was not a true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tao-lin/the-hamster-friend-said-being-able-to-do-front-rolls-didn-t-make-the/)

[Tao Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tao-lin/)

> [“As a teenager, he made screaming noises at night in his room, like a deranged person. He threw his electrical pencil sharpener at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tao-lin/as-a-teenager-he-made-screaming-noises-at-night-in-his-room-like-a/)

[Tao Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tao-lin/)

> [“Don't be stupid and awkward," the dolphin says. "You want to walk together or not?" "You are a stupid piece of shit. Go away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tao-lin/don-t-be-stupid-and-awkward-the-dolphin-says-you-want-to-walk/)

[tao lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tao-lin/)

> [I was delivering pizzas at Domino's. I was 17 maybe. I liked it a lot. Just driving in the nice weather and listening to music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tao-lin/i-was-delivering-pizzas-at-domino-s-i-was-17-maybe-i-liked-it-a-lot/)

[Tao Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tao-lin/)

> [loneliness can fly a helicopter through a cut-out shape of a helicopter the same size as the helicopter and that's it's only skill and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tao-lin/loneliness-can-fly-a-helicopter-through-a-cut-out-shape-of-a/)

[Tao Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tao-lin/)

> [Life has never died, which is something that I think people ignore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tao-lin/life-has-never-died-which-is-something-that-i-think-people-ignore/)

[Tao Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tao-lin/)

> [“Amoeba ass is so hot.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tao-lin/amoeba-ass-is-so-hot/)

[Tao Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tao-lin/)

> [“After untangling a cord, then moving the MacBook to the floor, Paul lay beside Erin and meekly pawed her forearm three times, then briefly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tao-lin/after-untangling-a-cord-then-moving-the-macbook-to-the-floor-paul-lay/)

[Tao Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tao-lin/)

> [“It was a face that said, “Fuck the world,” but said it reluctantly, and tonelessly, and then apologized, said “Sorry,” but said all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tao-lin/it-was-a-face-that-said-fuck-the-world-but-said-it-reluctantly-and/)

[Tao Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tao-lin/)

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