he was who I wanted to be when I grew up. He’s one of the great nonfiction writers of our time, a genius of reportage and the profile, someone who could take any curious whim and turn it into a compelling book.
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he was who I wanted to be when I grew up. He’s one of the great nonfiction writers of our time, a genius of reportage and the profile, someone who could take any curious whim and turn it into a compelling book.
Scott Adams is on my Mount Rushmore of people that shaped my life. “The day you became a better writer” is still the best thing I’ve read on writing. His concept of Skill Stacks probably added on billions to global GDP. He convinced me and thousands of other people to try hypnosis. God knows how many phobias and mental blocks he fixed by doing... See more
George Mackx.comA biographer of the novelist E. M. Forster wrote, “To speak to him was to be seduced by an inverse charisma, a sense of being listened to with such intensity that you had to be your most honest, sharpest, and best self.” Imagine how good it would be to be that guy.
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
Max himself would become a character in Basso’s most successful book, The View from Pompey’s Head.)