How to Ruin Everything: Essays [Paperback]

A New York Times Bestseller

Funny, subversive, and able to excavate such brutally honest sentences that you find yourself nodding your head in wonder and recognition.
—Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer and lyricist ofIn the HeightsandHamilton: An American Musical

Are you a sensible, universally competent individual? Are you tired of the crushing monotony of leaping gracefully from one lily pad of success to the next? Are you sick of doing everything right? 

In this brutally honest and humorous debut, musician and artist George Watsky chronicles the small triumphs over humiliation that make life bearable and how he has come to accept defeat as necessary to personal progress. The essays inHow to Ruin Everythingrange from the absurd (how he became an international ivory smuggler) to the comical (his middle-school rap battle dominance) to the revelatory (his experiences with epilepsy), yet all are delivered with the type of linguistic dexterity and self-awareness that has won Watsky devoted fans across the globe.Alternately ribald and emotionally resonant,How to Ruin Everythingannounces a versatile writer with a promising career ahead. Whether you're a fan of Watsky's poetry or hip-hop or a total newcomer, you will find joy in the words contained herein. Watsky in prose form is just like Watsky on a track—funny, subversive, and able to excavate such brutally honest sentences that you find yourself nodding your head in wonder and recognition.
—Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer and lyricist ofHamilton: An American MusicalandIn the Heights

George's essays will lift you and light you up.
—John Green, #1New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Fault in Our Stars

“Watsky is a skillful lyricist who has successfully transferred his wit, humor and humility into a smartly written collection of essays.