“You can write songs about your comic books and the girl or boy you sort of know and your mom and dad and it's all right there in front of you.” KnowsWritingBookSongGirlBoysFrontsMomDadComicComic BookYour MomMom And Dad Author:Scott McClanahan
“"He Stopped Loving Her Today" a fascinating book about the making of a record. Really, to be honest, it has some of the best George Jones anecdotes I've ever read, like cocaine psychosis causing this personality called "the Duck."” BookTodayRecordsHonestPersonalityBeing HonestFascinatingDucksCocaineAnecdotesPsychosisGeorge Jones Author:Scott McClanahan
“It's like that where these little anecdotes come through, and I guess that's what I like about books like that [He Stopped Loving Her Today]. Fiction now is so experiential.” LittlesBookTodayFictionAnecdotes Author:Scott McClanahan
“[He Stopped Loving Her Today] is all about the experience of being alive and the thought process of consciousness, and then you have these polemical essay-type things going on for a couple decades now. Some of these music books are where you're going to see an anecdote of a person behaving without some kind of commentary.” KindPersonsBookTodayProcessConsciousnessAliveTypeCoupleDecadesEssaysCommentaryAnecdotesThought Process Author:Scott McClanahan
“This [Thelonious Monk: The Life And Times Of An American Original] is another one of those books with the perfect blend of anecdote and analysis. The analysis is built into the anecdote. It has that right feel about it. It's not too scholarly, either.” FeelsBookPerfectBuiltOriginalsAnalysisMonkAnecdotesScholarlyLife And Time Author:Scott McClanahan
“With my stuff, I think I've tried. I've been courted. I don't want to sound like an asshole, but I've been courted to be someone who could sell a lot of books.” ThinkingWantBookStuffSoundSells Author:Scott McClanahan
“Most book things now (with a few exceptions) are just built around nice, safe books written for nice and safe book club readers. These are usually the books you see on display at Barnes and Noble. These Internet writers are like literary terrorists to me. They're training as we speak. They're getting ready to invade. They're building an army.” BookSpeakNiceWrittenBuildingReadyReaderInternetSafeTrainingBuiltArmyClubsNobleTerroristExceptionDisplayBook Club Author:Scott McClanahan
