I don't view my memory as accurate or static - and, in autobiographical fiction, my focus is still on creating an effect, not on documenting reality - so 'autobiographical,' to me, is closer in meaning to 'fiction' than 'autobiography.' — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“...one had to expect very little—almost nothing—from life, Aaron knew, one had to be grateful, not always trying to seize the days like some maniac of living, but to give oneself up, be seized by the days, the months and… — 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
