Only cool people care about the origin stories of why they like something, and I'm not cool.
Scott McClanahanSamuel Clemens isn't Mark Twain. Mark Twain is Mark Twain. He doesn't become the thing until he creates himself.
Scott McClanahanI don't think anybody does anything anymore without commenting on why they're doing it or making fun of it as they're doing it.
Scott McClanahanThe things that I have loved have always been those extremes where there has been some kind of apocalypse in the person's life, and they come out unscathed or scathed.
Scott McClanahanI have no interest in being a trained ballerina. People should dance how they want to dance. I want to be the funky chicken.
Scott McClanahanMost book things now (with a few exceptions) are just built around nice, safe books written for nice and safe book club readers. These are usually the books you see on display at Barnes and Noble. These Internet writers are like literary terrorists to me. They're training as we speak. They're getting ready to invade. They're building an army.
Scott McClanahan