Quotes from Tucker Max

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

I stop paying attention because as much as I love beauty, I hate stupidity, and seeing the two combined pisses me off.

A personal brand is relevant to people who sell or create something relevant to who they are as a person. If you're not in that boat, which most people are not, personal branding makes no sense.

Even if I was a Republican, George Bush would have pushed me out of that party.