I'm sure we're going to find out one day that the brain is as worthless as the appendix. Scott McClanahan More Quotes by Scott McClanahan More Quotes From Scott McClanahan Everybody is so sure about everything these days. Just look at your horrible Facebook feed on the most recent tragedy that people are commenting on. Scott McClanahan tragedy people looks Everybody is so goddamn sure of themselves, it just makes you realize this is the curse of the modern world. Scott McClanahan modern realizing world The only hope we have are our bodies. We're all trapped in them and we all hate them, and it's this reason why we're comic and not tragic. Scott McClanahan hate body reason-why Most of the answers to the world could be answered with our bodies. Scott McClanahan body answers world I'm shocked and surprised by people that are shocked and surprised that certain things in life are made up or not as true as you might believe them to be. Scott McClanahan things-in-life believe people There was a lot of tension between my dad and his mother and brothers. Sometimes when I was over there, I remember thinking, "I don't want to get shot." Scott McClanahan dad brother mother It's weird. People want you to know that they write. They want you to know they're a musician, rather than making music or making stories. It's the strangest thing. Scott McClanahan musician writing people I think maybe it's my personality. People don't like my face. Scott McClanahan personality people thinking 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. Scott McClanahan sound book thinking I guess the things I have always loved are from people who were just being themselves. They were doing these things because they couldn't do it any other way. It was for them. Scott McClanahan just-being people way So much of our culture is bought and manufactured - not to say great art can't come out of that. Some art is really amazing that is manufactured and sold, like action movies and stuff. Scott McClanahan stuff culture art Samuel Clemens isn't Mark Twain. Mark Twain is Mark Twain. He doesn't become the thing until he creates himself. Scott McClanahan mark The things that I have loved have always been those extremes where there has been some kind of apocalypse in the person's life, and they come out unscathed or scathed. Scott McClanahan extremes apocalypse kind 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. Scott McClanahan anecdotes perfect book