Quotes by Tucker Max

About Tucker Max:

Tucker Max is an American author and public speaker. He chronicles his drinking and sexual encounters in the form of short stories on his website TuckerMax.com, which has received millions of visitors since Max launched it as the result of a bet in 2000.
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Whatever your favorite food is, if you eat it every day for a month, you're going to get sick of it.

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I think 20th century media were about tricking people - and the beauty of the Internet is you can't lie anymore.

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Books are so cheap and easy to get that people don't bother stealing them, which is the essential rule of piracy that the music business learned much too late.

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I started my blog in 2002. That was pre-MySpace, pre-Facebook. That was back before newspapers realized they were going out of business. That was back when no one gave any credence to Internet writers.

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I try to explain to people that the only way to be cool is to be who you truly are, and the only way to live life is to do the things that you want to do and be the person that you want to be no matter who that is or what that is or how you have to d...

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My parents got divorced when I was around a year old. My dad was essentially a nonentity in my life until I got to be about 16 or so. My mom was a flight attendant for PanAm, so I moved all over the world. London, Rio de Janeiro.

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Having a soft major is nowhere near the career death sentence that so many make it out to be. The world is changing, and the U.S. economy with it. Our economy is shifting to a service- and information-based economy, and soft majors are already becomi...

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When I give speeches at college, I don't tell stories, I talk about what it is to live your dreams and take the path less traveled.

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If you don't have a job right now, and you have a computer and a basic intelligence level, I guarantee you can get a great job, paying really well, in less than three months. How? Learn to program.

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There is always more demand for great content then there will be great content to satisfy it.

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I think I just pick really smart and motivated people to work with - people who are probably going to do great things anyway - and I just teach them what I know, maybe teach them how to think a little clearer than they did before, and then off they g...

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General reader feedback is usually pretty worthless. 99% of people give feedback that is irrelevant, stupid, or just flat out wrong. But that 1% of people who give good feedback are invaluable.

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I don't want to compare myself to Picasso, but he had four or five periods in his life. Any good artist grows and changes and matures.

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Most of my success, I feel, comes from being a good editor as opposed to a great writer.

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When your buddy tells you a movie is good, that's worth 2,000 commercials.

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Frankly, I'd rather make a little bit less money if it means living in a better world for books and publishing in the future.

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No one wants to read a story where I saw a cute puppy on the street and I petted it. I mean, that's not funny. I only write about the funny stuff.

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At some point in their life, everyone thinks they should go to law school. You may in fact think you want to go to law school now.

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I want someone who is my partner in life. Who supports me, and I support her. I can share all my experiences in life with her, and she can share hers back with me. Not only do we love each other, but we accept, embrace, nurture, and care for each oth...

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My writing is authentic, and whatever happens in my life is what I write about.

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Look at the scope of writers who sell stuff. I'm at the very top of the power curve in terms of sales.

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Author Bio

  • NameTucker Max
  • DescriptionInternet personality; blogger; author
  • BornSeptember 27, 1975
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Film Producer
  • WorksI Hope They Serve Beer In Hell; Assholes Finish First; Hilarity Ensues