In 2008, while the film version of my book 'Choke' was coming to market, my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer. That… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
There are people out there who will not read books, but somehow they'll read my books. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
My only writing ritual is to shave my head bald between writing the first and second drafts of a book. If I… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“Reread that Bronte book all you want, but Jane Eyre's never going to get gender-reassignment surgery or train to become a kick-ass… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Language is what books do very well and movement is what movies does very well. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I'm not really into comfort books. There are too many of those as it is. Just sort of narcotic books, like my… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
To see how boring you really are, write a book about soap and cults, and the profits you make will be your… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“By the middle of the novel I decided that what two people don't say to each other forges a stronger bond than… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“At least Anne Frank,” Comrade Snarky said, “never had to tour with her book . . .” — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I have an experience with as many of my readers as possible that's really genuine. I love it when they write to… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
If you haven't already noticed, all my books are about a lonely person looking for some way to connect with other people.In… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I think Chris Brown gets kind of dismissed as a gay writer, and I think Chris's books are really, really smart. I… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“Picture time travel as nothing more than knocking your half-read book to the floor and losing your place. You pick up the… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
The money is in television. Books are not the dominant medium of our time, so fewer people will create them. In a… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“My hips bristle with totems and talismans, proof that I am not simply a character in a fixed book or film. I… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People will be happy to give up most… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
The bright future is that readers are accepting more varied forms of stories. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Because after you've crossed some lines, you just keep crossing them. And there's no escaping from constant escape. Distracting ourselves. Avoiding confrontation. Getting past… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
According to Plato, we don't learn anything. Our soul has lived so many lives that we know everything. Teachers and education can only remind… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
His saliva tasted like the wet dicks of ten thousand lonely truck drivers. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“We drive west the rest of the night, away from where the sun will come up, trying to outrace it, trying not to see… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Nobody's told me anything to date that I've been completely reviled by. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you.” — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Verbs allow you to communicate a story in a much more converged or involuntary way for a reader. The verbs allow you to come… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
