Tao Lin Quotes & Sayings
20 most famous Tao Lin quotes and sayings (novelist). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“I think it would be funny for people to read in obituaries of me that my major contribution to the arts was the popularization of the phrases 'neutral facial expression' and 'screaming in agony.'”
“I'm not being secretive about anything. I just actually don't have opinions about society.”
“If I were really rich, I would be flying places, I think.”
“My face always looks bored or depressed. It's not an accurate impression.”
“I don't think I understand the concept of regret. Because if I regret anything, that would mean, like, I hate myself.”
“I haven't written about an immigrant experience because I haven't experienced that before and am focused on existential themes.”
“I don't have a definition for depression. I'm productive, and that's not a sign of depression, right? And I don't have weeks where I don't leave my bed. It seems like depressed people have those.”
“I don't think music affects what words I choose to type in what order, within what punctuation, at this point, because I'm rereading and editing each sentence, at this point, in my published books, probably 100-150 times each, on average, and listening to probably 20-60 different songs in that time.”
“I feel 'proud' whenever I feel that I've worked on something for a certain amount of time with a certain amount of attention. I'm not sure if I think in terms of 'pride' though.”
“If I don't like someone and I start reading their stuff, it seems like my brain will just automatically start criticizing everything that's there. It's really hard to read a book without having all this outside information telling you what to think about it.”
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