I honestly believe that people of my generation despise authenticity, mostly because they're all so envious of it. — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
We assume that all statements must be mild inversions of the truth, because it's too weird to imagine people who aren't casually… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
As an adult, the only people who care about horror movies are academics. No one loves to talk about horror films more… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I feel sorry for people who have to edit me. Which is why book writing is by far the most enjoyable. Really… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
We would sit in the living room, drink a case of Busch beer, and throw the empty cans into the kitchen for… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writer's main motivation is to become friends with the band. They're not… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Pundits are always blaming TV for making people stupid, movies for desensitizing the world to violence, and rock music for making kids… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
There's this belief that some things can be taken seriously in an intellectual way, while some things are only entertainment or only… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Internet porn makes everything more reasonable -- once you've realized there is a massive subculture of upwardly mobile people who think it's… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I write pretty fast, probably faster than most people. But I might think about something for six hours, then write it in… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Punk was perfect for lazy people, because anyone could do it--you didn't even need to know how to play your instrument, assuming… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
People are more interested in reading bombastic ideas, whether they're positive or negative. Part of me has sort of lost interest in… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
The people who review my books, generally, are kind of youngish culture writers who aspire to write books, or write opinion pieces… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
What's kind of happening is the conflict over football might be a class conflict where there is a percentage of people who… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think children are the worst people alive. And even if they're not- even if some smiling toddler is as pure… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I'd ask people to keep in mind the idea that if you really understand something, it's even more important for you to… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
The most wretched people in the world are those who tell you they like every kind of music 'except country.' People who… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
People who talk about their dreams are actually trying to tell you things about themselves they’d never admit in normal conversation. — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“If someone breaks your heart, just punch them in the face. Oh sure, it seems obvious now, but you’d be amazed at… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
-- and it occurred to me that people who don't talk about themselves are limiting their own potential. They think they're guarding… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I don't go to scary movies. I don't like the experience of being scared. I think it's very weird that some people… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I think one possibility [in the future] might be chemotherapy. And I'm always hesitant to say that because it makes it sound… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I think people feel very comfortable reviewing the idea of me, as opposed to what I've actually written. Most of the time,… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I used to watch a lot of documentaries about Satanic possession - and I don't know if this is racist or not… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
What's hard to do is describe why you like something. Because ultimately, the reason things move people is very amorphous. You can… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“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."… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Do you know people who insist they like 'all kinds of music'? That actually means they like no kinds of music. — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
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… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
All my friends are rock critics, so we talk about rock criticism a lot. Because of that, in order to be part of the… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
If rain is God crying, I think God is drunk and his girlfriend just slept with Zeus. — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
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… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
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… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
First, you must love yourself. And if you do that convincingly enough, others will love you too much. — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Anyone who claims to be good at lying is obviously bad at lying. Thus - as a writer myself - I cannot comment on… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“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… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“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"… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
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