I laugh at people who say things like 'I'm a good person, I just do bad things.' No, that's not how it works. What you do IS who you are.

If people try to judge you or shame you for doing safe, consensual things that make you happy, I can guarantee you they're bad people.

My favorite random email I got was from some guy who wrote: "Mr. Max, with the hope of a six year old on the night before Christmas asking about Santa, I ask the same question: Do you really exist?

I'm not West Coast at all. I was born in Atlanta, but I grew up in Kentucky, outside of Lexington, in Winchester.

I sold a million books because I have a lot of fans, not because people hate me.

Tell beautiful women they are smart, and smart women they are beautiful.

The vast majority of all consequences, especially in 21st century America, are completely meaningless bullshit.