--- title: "25 Kind Quotes By Chuck Klosterman" description: "25 Kind quotes by Chuck Klosterman. Plus more from Chuck Klosterman and more Kind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee1/chuck-klosterman-804_costumes_in-some-ways-halloween-is-much-easier-fo_2427067.png" --- > [In some ways, Halloween is much easier for women. They can just dress as sluts, and it's kind of a costume, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/in-some-ways-halloween-is-much-easier-for-women-they-can-just-dress/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee1/chuck-klosterman-804_costumes_in-some-ways-halloween-is-much-easier-fo_2427067.png) > [It was the kind of love you can only feel toward someone you don't actually know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/it-was-the-kind-of-love-you-can-only-feel-toward-someone-you-don-t/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/chuck-klosterman-804_feel_it-was-the-kind-of-love-you-can-only-fee_2613524.png) > [We all believe that we are a certain kind of person, but we never know until we do something that proves otherwise,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/we-all-believe-that-we-are-a-certain-kind-of-person-but-we-never-know/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e35/chuck-klosterman-804_believe_we-all-believe-that-we-are-a-certain-kin_1556858.png) > [Do you know people who insist they like 'all kinds of music'? That actually means they like no kinds of music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/do-you-know-people-who-insist-they-like-all-kinds-of-music-that/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/073/chuck-klosterman-804_all-kinds_do-you-know-people-who-insist-they-like_38062.png) > [I am of the opinion, and have been for a long time, that any kind of big technological move is almost always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-am-of-the-opinion-and-have-been-for-a-long-time-that-any-kind-of/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/374/chuck-klosterman-804_bigs_i-am-of-the-opinion-and-have-been-for-a_1160662.jpg) > [If I basically view criticism as sort of an interesting form of writing about oneself, an interesting form of autobiography, then I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/if-i-basically-view-criticism-as-sort-of-an-interesting-form-of/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/chuck-klosterman-804_autobiography_if-i-basically-view-criticism-as-sort-of_2890949.png) > [To me, fear of the future means fear of technology. I have a little bit of that. I still use it, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/to-me-fear-of-the-future-means-fear-of-technology-i-have-a-little-bit/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/chuck-klosterman-804_bits_to-me-fear-of-the-future-means-fear-of-t_767737.png) > [Because I'm 44, I feel kind of lucky that I lived through this period where I started my career where there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/because-i-m-44-i-feel-kind-of-lucky-that-i-lived-through-this-period/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/716/chuck-klosterman-804_careers_because-i-m-44-i-feel-kind-of-lucky-that_2777206.png) > [What's kind of happening is the conflict over football might be a class conflict where there is a percentage of people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/what-s-kind-of-happening-is-the-conflict-over-football-might-be-a/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/chuck-klosterman-804_class_what-s-kind-of-happening-is-the-conflict_1456771.jpg) > [In Fargo, they say, well, that's a job. How well do you get paid? For example, for this book I was written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/in-fargo-they-say-well-that-s-a-job-how-well-do-you-get-paid-for/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09c/chuck-klosterman-804_about_in-fargo-they-say-well-that-s-a-job-how_2528194.png) > [If you move furniture all day, if you're a construction worker, if you have a job that's real physical, this idea that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/if-you-move-furniture-all-day-if-you-re-a-construction-worker-if-you/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f10/chuck-klosterman-804_construction_if-you-move-furniture-all-day-if-you-re_1260064.jpg) > [The most wretched people in the world are those who tell you they like every kind of music 'except country.' People who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/the-most-wretched-people-in-the-world-are-those-who-tell-you-they/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c0/chuck-klosterman-804_country_the-most-wretched-people-in-the-world-ar_1556940.png) > [Contrary to what you may have heard from Henry Rollins or/and Ian MacKaye and/or anyone else who joined a band after working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/contrary-to-what-you-may-have-heard-from-henry-rollins-or-and-ian/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2f/chuck-klosterman-804_band_contrary-to-what-you-may-have-heard-from_698596.png) > [Maybe I don't need a relationship after all, she thought. Maybe thinking about these conversations was just as good as having them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/maybe-i-don-t-need-a-relationship-after-all-she-thought-maybe/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce0/chuck-klosterman-804_alive_maybe-i-don-t-need-a-relationship-after_2799547.jpg) > [I think people feel very comfortable reviewing the idea of me, as opposed to what I've actually written. Most of the time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-think-people-feel-very-comfortable-reviewing-the-idea-of-me-as/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/021/chuck-klosterman-804_abstract_i-think-people-feel-very-comfortable-rev_1773113.jpg) > [I am interested in the possibility that we are going to be wrong in the same way that history has indicated that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-am-interested-in-the-possibility-that-we-are-going-to-be-wrong-in/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/064/chuck-klosterman-804_being-wrong_i-am-interested-in-the-possibility-that_1733011.png) > [And it's kind of my own fault too, in the sense that I've used my own life as a literary device so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/and-it-s-kind-of-my-own-fault-too-in-the-sense-that-i-ve-used-my-own/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10a/chuck-klosterman-804_abstract_and-it-s-kind-of-my-own-fault-too-in-the_2559324.jpg) > [When I was a film critic, the reason I kind of found it disenchanting was because the things that I wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/when-i-was-a-film-critic-the-reason-i-kind-of-found-it-disenchanting/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/chuck-klosterman-804_consumers_when-i-was-a-film-critic-the-reason-i-ki_402304.png) > [There's this belief that some things can be taken seriously in an intellectual way, while some things are only entertainment or only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/there-s-this-belief-that-some-things-can-be-taken-seriously-in-an/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe9/chuck-klosterman-804_audience_there-s-this-belief-that-some-things-can_1217702.jpg) > [The people who review my books, generally, are kind of youngish culture writers who aspire to write books. When someone writes a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/the-people-who-review-my-books-generally-are-kind-of-youngish-culture/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbb/chuck-klosterman-804_book_the-people-who-review-my-books-generally_601062.png) > [I think this is the kind of thing where we're rapidly moving toward an age where most of the populace will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-think-this-is-the-kind-of-thing-where-we-re-rapidly-moving-toward/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e6/chuck-klosterman-804_age_i-think-this-is-the-kind-of-thing-where_952009.png) > [The people who review my books, generally, are kind of youngish culture writers who aspire to write books, or write opinion pieces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/the-people-who-review-my-books-generally-are-kind-of-youngish-culture-2/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/chuck-klosterman-804_aspire_the-people-who-review-my-books-generally_1358791.jpg) > [I guess it really didn't even dawn on me that you could be a rock critic as a job until I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-guess-it-really-didn-t-even-dawn-on-me-that-you-could-be-a-rock/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2e/chuck-klosterman-804_able_i-guess-it-really-didn-t-even-dawn-on-me_394118.jpg) > [I can tell when I've met a bad journalist when they say, "I've met Madonna," or "I know Marilyn Manson." Because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-can-tell-when-i-ve-met-a-bad-journalist-when-they-say-i-ve-met/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/chuck-klosterman-804_able_i-can-tell-when-i-ve-met-a-bad-journalis_2450906.jpg) > [But whenever I meet dynamic, nonretarded Americans, I notice that they all seem to share a single unifying characteristic: the inability to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/but-whenever-i-meet-dynamic-nonretarded-americans-i-notice-that-they/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af5/chuck-klosterman-804_art-of-living_but-whenever-i-meet-dynamic-nonretarded_2885838.jpg) ## Other authors on Kind ## More by Chuck Klosterman > [The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/the-only-people-who-think-the-internet-is-a-calamity-are-people-whose/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [“I suppose we'll never know what really happened in that room, though he did tell police, "I did it because I'm a dirty dog."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-suppose-we-ll-never-know-what-really-happened-in-that-room-though/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [Do you know people who insist they like 'all kinds of music'? That actually means they like no kinds of music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/do-you-know-people-who-insist-they-like-all-kinds-of-music-that/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [Let's say Twitter existed during the Civil War. We would have a better understanding of people in the Confederacy who were against slavery, people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/let-s-say-twitter-existed-during-the-civil-war-we-would-have-a-better/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [All my friends are rock critics, so we talk about rock criticism a lot. Because of that, in order to be part of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/all-my-friends-are-rock-critics-so-we-talk-about-rock-criticism-a-lot/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [If rain is God crying, I think God is drunk and his girlfriend just slept with Zeus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/if-rain-is-god-crying-i-think-god-is-drunk-and-his-girlfriend-just/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [But no matter how many times we re-rank the presidents, in another 200 years, the top presidents will still be Washington and Lincoln and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/but-no-matter-how-many-times-we-re-rank-the-presidents-in-another-200/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [Different critics go to different lengths to disagree with that sentiment, but ultimately, they're the person experiencing this art, and whatever judgment or taste…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/different-critics-go-to-different-lengths-to-disagree-with-that/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [First, you must love yourself. And if you do that convincingly enough, others will love you too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/first-you-must-love-yourself-and-if-you-do-that-convincingly-enough/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [Anyone who claims to be good at lying is obviously bad at lying. Thus - as a writer myself - I cannot comment on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/anyone-who-claims-to-be-good-at-lying-is-obviously-bad-at-lying-thus/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [“I care about strangers when they're abstractions but feel almost nothing when they are literally in front of me. They seem like unnamed characters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-care-about-strangers-when-they-re-abstractions-but-feel-almost/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [“Toby Keith writes songs like 1993's "Should've Been a Cowboy," and what's compelling is that you can't deconstruct its message. "Should've Been a Cowboy"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/toby-keith-writes-songs-like-1993-s-should-ve-been-a-cowboy-and-what/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [Some say that time is like water that flows around us (like a stone in the river) and some say we flow with time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/some-say-that-time-is-like-water-that-flows-around-us-like-a-stone-in/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [ \[On political correctness:\] Any intended message mattered less than the received message, and every received message could be interpreted in whatever way the receiver… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/on-political-correctness-any-intended-message-mattered-less-than-the/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [In baseball and sex, cliches are usually true: pitching beats hitting, and people always want to be loved by anyone who doesn't seem to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/in-baseball-and-sex-cliches-are-usually-true-pitching-beats-hitting/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/chuck-klosterman/#itemlist", "name": "25 Kind Quotes By Chuck Klosterman", "numberOfItems": 25, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In some ways, Halloween is much easier for women. 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