Do you sometimes look up from the computer and look around the room and know you are alone, I mean really know… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
Moose had no friends that year. A lot of the time a moose would feel tired and lean against other moose. Only… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
Focusing on being a person instead of an Asian or an [anything] seems to promote a worldview that encourages people to treat… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I'm a shy, nervous person, and I don't like teaching with "terms." I didn't teach them, like, "This is first person, this… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I usually have Kafka biography in my bathroom. It's a book I can open at random and feel interested in immediately. It's… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
If I wrote about "being [abstraction]" I would be ignoring existential issues (such as death, limited-time, the arbitrary nature of the universe,… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
There was an enjoyment to being alive, he felt, that because of an underlying meaninglessness–like how a person alone for too long… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I like Bret Easton Ellis' sense of humor. I feel like mine is sometimes similar to his. And how his characters sometimes… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I feel connected with people because of their sense of humor, worldview, and what they think and feel about certain existential issues… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
If I focused hard on getting a literary agent, and doing things like that, instead of designing my blog's header, I would… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“In the parking lot, she drove and parked in a dark area with no other cars around. She reclined her seat, and listened to… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
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… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“Sara would call one of those cops on horses a motherfucker. The cop would avert his eyes. Sara would ask directions for the wild… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
Do you sometimes look up from the computer and look around the room and know you are alone, I mean really know it, then… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I think mostly the commodifying comes after I've done something that has some other value to me. — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“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… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“As a teenager, he made screaming noises at night in his room, like a deranged person. He threw his electrical pencil sharpener at the… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“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… — tao lin Copy Share Image
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. — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
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… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
![“Focusing on being a person instead of an Asian or an [anything] seems to promote a worldview that encourages people to treat others based on what each person has specifically done in their life, which seems like it would reduce such things as war, racism, unfairness, "hate crimes," [other things…” quote by Tao Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5d5/tao-lin-3279_asian_focusing-on-being-a-person-instead-of-an_1012455.jpg)
![“If I wrote about "being [abstraction]" I would be ignoring existential issues (such as death, limited-time, the arbitrary nature of the universe, the mystery of consciousness) that I feel affect me most in my life and think about most of the time. Another reason is that it doesn't seem specific or…” quote by Tao Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bd0/tao-lin-3279_abstraction_if-i-wrote-about-being-abstraction-i-wou_1757799.jpg)
![“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 a person. I view [anything] as part of being a person, so I feel okay with "marketing" or…” quote by Tao Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ff1/tao-lin-3279_agents_if-i-focused-hard-on-getting-a-literary_3167627.jpg)
