--- title: "16 Persons Quotes By Chuck Klosterman" description: "16 Persons quotes by Chuck Klosterman. Plus more from Chuck Klosterman and more Persons sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/chuck-klosterman-804_individual_every-relationship-is-fundamentally-a-po_994049.png" --- > [Every relationship is fundamentally a power struggle, and the individual in power is whoever likes the other person less.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/every-relationship-is-fundamentally-a-power-struggle-and-the/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/chuck-klosterman-804_individual_every-relationship-is-fundamentally-a-po_994049.png) > [The villain is the person who knows the most but cares the least.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/the-villain-is-the-person-who-knows-the-most-but-cares-the-least/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/chuck-klosterman-804_care_the-villain-is-the-person-who-knows-the_1691048.png) > [To me, every interview, even if you love the artist, needs to be somewhat adversarial. Which doesn't mean you need to attack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/to-me-every-interview-even-if-you-love-the-artist-needs-to-be/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bc/chuck-klosterman-804_art_to-me-every-interview-even-if-you-love-t_3184144.png) > [The message of "The Winner Takes It All" is straightforward: It argues that the concept of relationships ending on mutual terms is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/the-message-of-the-winner-takes-it-all-is-straightforward-it-argues/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c1/chuck-klosterman-804_arguing_the-message-of-the-winner-takes-it-all-i_1981814.png) > [You're trying to find new ideas in people. I always think to myself, what question I am least comfortable asking the person?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/you-re-trying-to-find-new-ideas-in-people-i-always-think-to-myself/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/961/chuck-klosterman-804_asking_you-re-trying-to-find-new-ideas-in-peopl_3041048.png) > [People can demand someone they've never met be arrested and thrown in jail forever because they know it's never going to happen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/people-can-demand-someone-they-ve-never-met-be-arrested-and-thrown-in/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bff/chuck-klosterman-804_arrested_people-can-demand-someone-they-ve-never_544185.jpg) > [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) > [Different critics go to different lengths to disagree with that sentiment, but ultimately, they're the person experiencing this art, and whatever judgment…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/chuck-klosterman-804_art_different-critics-go-to-different-length_77449.png) > [If you’re the type of person who wants to associate exclusively with those who perfectly mirror your own ethical worldview, you’re reducing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/if-you-re-the-type-of-person-who-wants-to-associate-exclusively-with/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/850/chuck-klosterman-804_ethical_if-you-re-the-type-of-person-who-wants-t_2359027.png) > [You can't go into the office and be a jerk. You can't yell at your kids or your wife or your husband…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/you-can-t-go-into-the-office-and-be-a-jerk-you-can-t-yell-at-your/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/824/chuck-klosterman-804_husband_you-can-t-go-into-the-office-and-be-a-je_742972.jpg) > [Sometimes I wonder what will be the air conditioning of my dying days. What thing will they add that will make it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/sometimes-i-wonder-what-will-be-the-air-conditioning-of-my-dying-days/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d46/chuck-klosterman-804_add_sometimes-i-wonder-what-will-be-the-air_2321713.png) > [A lot of people have this strategy where if they have a hard question they wait to ask it to the end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/a-lot-of-people-have-this-strategy-where-if-they-have-a-hard-question/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb6/chuck-klosterman-804_ends_a-lot-of-people-have-this-strategy-where_821739.jpg) > [A lot of people involved with celebrity journalism have interesting ideas about the people they want to write about going into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/a-lot-of-people-involved-with-celebrity-journalism-have-interesting/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e40/chuck-klosterman-804_asks_a-lot-of-people-involved-with-celebrity_626687.png) > [The thing that has always baffled me about people's perception of my writing is the sense that I'm a very controversial, opinionated,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/the-thing-that-has-always-baffled-me-about-people-s-perception-of-my/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78b/chuck-klosterman-804_baffled_the-thing-that-has-always-baffled-me-abo_2998701.jpg) > [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) > [Sometimes I think that the amount of time you live on earth is just an inverse reflection of how good you were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/sometimes-i-think-that-the-amount-of-time-you-live-on-earth-is-just/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/482/chuck-klosterman-804_alive_sometimes-i-think-that-the-amount-of-tim_396015.jpg) ## Other authors on Persons ## 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/persons/chuck-klosterman/#itemlist", "name": "16 Persons Quotes By Chuck Klosterman", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every relationship is fundamentally a power struggle, and the individual in power is whoever likes the other person less.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chuck Klosterman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/every-relationship-is-fundamentally-a-power-struggle-and-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/chuck-klosterman-804_individual_every-relationship-is-fundamentally-a-po_994049.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/chuck-klosterman-804_individual_every-relationship-is-fundamentally-a-po_994049.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/chuck-klosterman-804_individual_every-relationship-is-fundamentally-a-po_994049.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Every relationship is fundamentally a power struggle, and the individual in power is whoever likes the other…” — Chuck Klosterman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The villain is the person who knows the most but cares the least.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chuck Klosterman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/the-villain-is-the-person-who-knows-the-most-but-cares-the-least/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/chuck-klosterman-804_care_the-villain-is-the-person-who-knows-the_1691048.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/chuck-klosterman-804_care_the-villain-is-the-person-who-knows-the_1691048.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/chuck-klosterman-804_care_the-villain-is-the-person-who-knows-the_1691048.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The villain is the person who knows the most but cares the least.” — Chuck Klosterman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To me, every interview, even if you love the artist, needs to be somewhat adversarial. 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