Will Strauss
Will Strauss
insecure men being-me
A lot of women - not all of them, a lot of them - feel insecure about men being men.
motivation thinking endurance
True endurance, I think, comes from the inside. It comes from motivation and belief in what you're doing.
romance attraction
Attraction is not an option.
couple eye years
I've begun to look at the world through apocalypse eyes. Our society, which seems so sturdily built out of concrete and custom, is just a temporary resting place, a hotel our civilization checked into a couple hundred years ago and must one day check out of.
men expectations inspire
The good thing is that women have such high expectations of men that it inspires us to live up to them. That's what I learned about male-female relationships.
fame about-yourself feels
Fame won't make you feel any better about yourself.
strong clever weak
The strong live off the weak and the clever live off the strong.
favorite-subject subjects
After all, everyone's favorite subject is themselves.
honesty interesting people
I know that I need honesty from the people I interview. I also know that the truth is more interesting than made up stuff, and also, people don't connect with you if you're not honest.
girlfriend facts paradox
In fact, every woman I met seemed disposable and replaceable. I was experiencing seducer's paradox: The better a seducer I became, the less I loved women. Success was no longer defined by getting laid or finding a girlfriend, but by how well I performed.
risk losing losing-her
To get a woman, you have to be willing to risk losing her.
compliment saying-thank-you response
One of the things I'd learned ... was how to take a compliment. Just say, "Thank you." It's the only response a confident person can make.
matter machines now-and-then
We're just fragile machines programmed with a false sense of our own importance. And every now and then the universe sends a reminder that we don't really matter to it...
powerful hate guy
Anyone who hates something feels threatened by it. A guy who says he hates feminism (a) doesn't understand or know feminism, and (b) is scared of powerful women. Most attacks come from fear.