Scott McClanahan Quotes

#1. I knew he believed in something that none of us ever do anymore. He believed in the nastiest word in the world. He believed in KINDNESS. Please tell me you remember kindness. Please tell me you remember kindness and joy, you cool motherfuckers.

Scott McClanahan

#2. I felt darkness because i had been deep in the hollers, and i knew glory because i had stood on top of the beautiful mountaintops. more mountaintops please. more mountaintops.

Scott McClanahan

#3. That's the best way to do anything--get a bunch of poor people to do it.

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#4. Stories can actually rearrange continents if they're told long enough.

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#5. There was one face that looked like another face before it and then another face that looked like the face before it. This went all the way back until the beginning of time. Who knew what this face would look like a thousand years from now. Me?

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#6. I have no interest in being a trained ballerina. People should dance how they want to dance. I want to be the funky chicken.

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#7. Writing should be like skirts. Long enough to cover what it needs to cover and short enough to maintain interest.

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#8. I never look at a painting and ask, "Is this painting fictional or non-fictional?" It's just a painting.

Scott McClanahan