People say I make up wild stories. But all I have to do is write down stuff that really happens. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I want my characters to really overuse their coping mechanisms to the point where they break down within 300 pages. — 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
A short story is something that you can hold in your mind. You can really analyze how the entire thing works, like… — 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
In 'Diary,' the motto really is: 'Where Do You Get Your Inspiration?' It coaches us to be aware of our motives and… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Mr. Olsen in the fifth grade made me want to be a writer. He said, 'Chuck, you do this really well. And… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Once religion has been dismissed by primarily an intellectual class of people, we lose the really useful social functions of religion... What… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
The pretentiousness of literature really annoys me; the way a writer is held as this sort of magical person to be revered… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
In a way, a lot of my humor comes from presenting things that are dramatic or shocking and then people not having… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
At school I was lazy. But I started working when I was 15, washing dishes at a local truck stop restaurant. I… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I know that I'm going to die and that you're going to die. I can't do anything about that. But I can… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
With a book, you're guaranteed the audience has a certain skill level and that the audience has to make an ongoing effort… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
One thing I really envy about my friends who have kids is that as their children develop, they're able to revisit their… — 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
