In books, you can just wallow in dialogue, and you can just wallow in written words. In screenplays, every line has to… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Every decade, we get a stunning collection of dynamic, heartbreaking short stories. In the past, those collections came from Barry Hannah, Mark… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
The third person allows characters to really attack themselves. We all do this - attack ourselves - every hour of our lives. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I haven't had television since 1991, and it definitely influences me. As a child of the 1970s, I couldn't hold a narrative… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Sometimes, like in 'Invisible Monsters,' I get too out of control, and instead of a plot point every chapter, I want a… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I dread the promotion part of my job. It's agony, especially compared to the private, at-home joy of writing. But being a… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I used to work as a volunteer in a hospice, but I don't have any nursing skills or cooking skills or anything,… — 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
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
His saliva tasted like the wet dicks of ten thousand lonely truck drivers. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share
“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
“Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you.” — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share
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
“Branch Bacardi, star of The Da Vinci Load, To Drill a Mockingbird, The Postman Always Cums Twice, Chitty Chitty Gang Bang, The Twilight Bone,… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share
“Every unkind remark or crude gesture by others is a blessing, an opportunity to exercise our own capacity to forgive.” — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share
“Nuestro deber es enseñar a esos hombres y mujeres la libertad a través de la esclavitud; y el coraje a través del miedo.” — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share
