Quotes from Tucker Max

There aren't a whole lot of people in culture that are unapologetically masculine.

I've come to learn that what really matters is the relationship, the quality of the relationship.

It is hard for me to be vulnerable, because I never learned how to do that. I was never vulnerable in a safe way.

I'm a decent-looking guy, but I've never walked into a room and got a girl because of how I looked. Look, I'm never excluded because of my looks. I just don't stand out.

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 other.

I think that there's a lot of guys out there that want to read the equivalent of chick lit, but really there's not being much written for them.

Theatrical success is predominantly two variables: who the distributor is and how much money they spend.

You can't do anything yourself on TV... unless you have a LOT of money, but you can do an independent movie.

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.

I laugh at people who say things like 'I'm a good person, I just do bad things.' No, that's not how it works. What you do IS who you are.

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

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.

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

The general intellectual level of South Florida is somewhere just above "functionally retarded".

Think about it: If you don't have any actual, tangible skills, then how can you do anything? You may be laughing and nodding, but do you realize how few people, when asked the basic question, 'What can you do?' stumble on the answer and have nothing to say? Most people.

Men will treat you the way you let them. There is no such thing as 'deserving' respect; you get what you demand from people.

In training, there is no winning or losing. There is only learning.

I'm not West Coast at all. I was born in Atlanta, but I grew up in Kentucky, outside of Lexington, in Winchester.

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

The hardest lesson I've had to learn in my life is that my intelligence is inversely correlated to my humility. The more I thought I knew, the less I actually knew.

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

To get hwat you want out of life, all you really need to do is be honest about it, don't be afraid to go for it, and have fun while you do it -- and you'll eventually get it.

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.

You know that look a cop gives you when he's so confused that he doesn't even know how to respond? If you don't know that look, it means you haven't had enough fun in your life.