Tao Lin
Tao Lin
Tao Linis an American novelist, poet, essayist, short-story writer, and artist. He has published three novels, two books of poetry, one short story collection, and one novella in print as well as an extensive assortment of online content. His third novel, Taipei, was published by Vintage on June 4, 2013...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth2 July 1983
CityAlexandria, VA
CountryUnited States of America
people
A lot of people think I'm a vegan. I'm not.
arrive computer leaving music somewhere specific
I don't have specific music for when I'm writing. I'm usually listening to the same playlist or 'artist' before I arrive at the computer as when I'm walking somewhere after leaving the computer.
concept understand
I don't think I understand the concept of regret. Because if I regret anything, that would mean, like, I hate myself.
definition depressed people seems sign weeks
I don't have a definition for depression. I'm productive, and that's not a sign of depression, right? And I don't have weeks where I don't leave my bed. It seems like depressed people have those.
If I were really rich, I would be flying places, I think.
belief human-life humans
Patriotism is the belief that not all human lives are worth the same.
skulls people effort
You were one person alive and your brain was encased in a skull. There were other people out there. It took effort to be connected.
character thinking morality
I wouldn't think of my characters' moralities at all. And I think I identify fully with every main character I've written about and would say that I am them pretty much. So in terms of that I don't think I'm similar to Bret Easton Ellis .
night sitting stills
We have been sitting here all night bullshitting and we still don’t know what to do.
mistake loneliness long
There was an enjoyment to being alive, he felt, that because of an underlying meaninglessness–like how a person alone for too long cannot feel comfortable when with others; cannot neglect that underlying the feeling of belongingness is the certainty, really, of loneliness, and nothingness, and so experiences life in that hurried, worthless way one experiences a mistake–he could no longer get at.
character thinking said
I think Bret Easton Ellis has said that he doesn't completely identify with his characters. And I think he has referred to them as immoral before.
feelings going-away tonight
The correct arrangement of words will make these bad feelings go away tonight.
strong average world
On average, since the urge to kill myself isn't so strong that I actually kill myself, the world is worth living in.
expanding feels i-can
I can feel the universe expanding and making things be further apart.