I think I've written about family and things in 'Taipei' which could be considered Asian culture. Tao Lin asianconsiderculture Change image and share on social
I don't think I understand the concept of regret. Because if I regret anything, that would mean, like, I hate myself. Tao Lin concepthateregret Change image and share on social
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. Tao Lin arriveartistcomputer Change image and share on social
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. Tao Lin beddefinitiondepress Change image and share on social
My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose. Tao Lin bookpoetryprose Change image and share on social
I feel 'proud' whenever I feel that I've worked on something for a certain amount of time with a certain amount of attention. I'm not sure if I think in terms of 'pride' though. Tao Lin amountattentionfeel Change image and share on social
I don't view my memory as accurate or static - and, in autobiographical fiction, my focus is still on creating an effect, not on documenting reality - so 'autobiographical,' to me, is closer in meaning to 'fiction' than 'autobiography.' Tao Lin accurateautobiographicalautobiography share on social
I don't think music affects what words I choose to type in what order, within what punctuation, at this point, because I'm rereading and editing each sentence, at this point, in my published books, probably 100-150 times each, on average, and listening to probably 20-60 different songs in that time. Tao Lin affectaveragebook share on social
I'm not being secretive about anything. I just actually don't have opinions about society. Tao Lin opinionsecretivesociety Change image and share on social