My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose. — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
If you're, like, a PhD student in English, and you look at each instance that Richard Yates is mentioned in the book...it… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I don't have specific music for when I'm writing. I'm usually listening to the same playlist or 'artist' before I arrive at… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“He used to think things like, This organic soymilk will make me healthy and that'll make my brain work better and that'll… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I don't think anything ever "needs" to happen. I don't think it's more positive to have a Twitter account, a Tumblr, and… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I don't think it's more positive to have a Twitter account, a Tumblr, and a blog. Someone without those things will use… — 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
I don't know what Douglas Coupland thinks about his writing. I've read maybe one page of one of his books and didn't… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
If a context and a goal is defined I could say if it's good or bad. But overall I don't view things… — 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
![“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)
