In memoir, can you really tell the truth about yourself? You're not going to write about your little peccadilloes, like, "I like a finger in my ass during sex." Or whatever it is. You're not going to come out in typical everyday conversation and say that. That's something that's going to be only for a select few.
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 McClanahanThere was a lot of tension between my dad and his mother and brothers. Sometimes when I was over there, I remember thinking, "I don't want to get shot."
Scott McClanahanWe're artists. We cry out to be exploited on some level. Write a dissertation on my work. Write a biography about me.
Scott McClanahan