“Every snotty egotistical teenager thinks they're smarter than the world they crawled out of. It didn't take me so long to grow out of that. I think I was only in my early twenties when I realized I was just relying on received ideas.” ThinkingWorldLongIdeasGrowsTwentiesI RealizedTeenagerTake MeSmarterEgotistical Author:Matthew Specktor
“When I moved to SF in my early 20s, I loved it, but I was absolutely astonished to discover that people there hated L.A. I was just like why? Really? I had no idea.” PeopleIdeasMovedNo IdeaHatedEarly 20s Author:Matthew Specktor
“There's a kind of perverseness or betrayal in that idea that art is somehow superior to life. Or that it's more important to write well than it is to take out the garbage.” WritingWellsKindArtImportantIdeasArt IsBetrayalSuperiorsGarbagePerverseness Author:Matthew Specktor
