I've come to learn that what really matters is the relationship, the quality of the relationship.
Tucker MaxCalling one thing 'literature' and another 'fiction' is a way to create status where there is none.
Tucker MaxA lot of people think that since I'm drunk in my stories, I must be drunk 24 hours a day. What kind of stupid logic is that? It'd be like if you saw Michael Jordan at a restaurant and were like, "Why aren't you in your basketball uniform?" I leave out way more than I put in.
Tucker MaxThe devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for.
Tucker MaxPeople have proven over and over that they will read if they are given something they like. The problem with reading is not reading, its that almost everything out there sucks. For so long, publishing has been run by a cartel of snobby pseudo-intellectual failed writers, and the resulting output has reflected not what the market wants, but what they think people are supposed to read.
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