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> [We're artists. We cry out to be exploited on some level. Write a dissertation on my work. Write a biography about me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mcclanahan/we-re-artists-we-cry-out-to-be-exploited-on-some-level-write-a/)

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## More by Scott McClanahan

> [I'm shocked and surprised by people that are shocked and surprised that certain things in life are made up or not as true as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mcclanahan/i-m-shocked-and-surprised-by-people-that-are-shocked-and-surprised/)

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> [The things that I have loved have always been those extremes where there has been some kind of apocalypse in the person's life, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mcclanahan/the-things-that-i-have-loved-have-always-been-those-extremes-where/)

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> [I have no interest in being a trained ballerina. People should dance how they want to dance. I want to be the funky chicken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mcclanahan/i-have-no-interest-in-being-a-trained-ballerina-people-should-dance/)

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> [We like something because someone else liked it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mcclanahan/we-like-something-because-someone-else-liked-it/)

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> [Most of the answers to the world could be answered with our bodies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mcclanahan/most-of-the-answers-to-the-world-could-be-answered-with-our-bodies/)

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> [“I thought about what my mom always said about this part of Texas, “Oh Godforsaken land. I don’t know why anybody would want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mcclanahan/i-thought-about-what-my-mom-always-said-about-this-part-of-texas-oh/)

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> [I think a pretty good modus operandi is to believe that everything we know is wrong. The stomach will be the key to depression…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mcclanahan/i-think-a-pretty-good-modus-operandi-is-to-believe-that-everything-we/)

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> [“I walked up to the side of the mountain like I used to do when I was a little boy. I looked out over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mcclanahan/i-walked-up-to-the-side-of-the-mountain-like-i-used-to-do-when-i-was/)

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> [The only hope we have are our bodies. We're all trapped in them and we all hate them, and it's this reason why we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mcclanahan/the-only-hope-we-have-are-our-bodies-we-re-all-trapped-in-them-and-we/)

[Scott McClanahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-mcclanahan/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mcclanahan/with-my-stuff-i-think-i-ve-tried-i-ve-been-courted-i-don-t-want-to/)

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> [The whole exploitation thing is funny, too. Exploitation is the nature of the world, isn't it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mcclanahan/the-whole-exploitation-thing-is-funny-too-exploitation-is-the-nature/)

[Scott McClanahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-mcclanahan/)

> [ There's always tons of crap music people are trying to sell us - \[it's\] the same way with publishers and galleries. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mcclanahan/there-s-always-tons-of-crap-music-people-are-trying-to-sell-us-it-s/)

[Scott McClanahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-mcclanahan/)

> [I guess the things I have always loved are from people who were just being themselves. They were doing these things because they couldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mcclanahan/i-guess-the-things-i-have-always-loved-are-from-people-who-were-just/)

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> [“There was one face that looked like another face before it and then another face that looked like the face before it. This went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mcclanahan/there-was-one-face-that-looked-like-another-face-before-it-and-then/)

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> [“I knew he believed in something that none of us ever do anymore. He believed in the nastiest word in the world. He believed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mcclanahan/i-knew-he-believed-in-something-that-none-of-us-ever-do-anymore-he/)

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