Really Quotes by Chuck Palahniuk

“did you really mean it?”

— Chuck Palahniuk

I think standardization is really the first step to something being commodified.

— Chuck Palahniuk

I don't know if you ever really feel like you've made it.

— Chuck Palahniuk

“If this might be the last time they saw you, they really saw you.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

People say I make up wild stories. But all I have to do is write down stuff that really happens.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Mr. Olsen in the fifth grade made me want to be a writer. He said, 'Chuck, you do this really well. And…

— Chuck Palahniuk

A short story is something that you can hold in your mind. You can really analyze how the entire thing works, like…

— Chuck Palahniuk

In 'Diary,' the motto really is: 'Where Do You Get Your Inspiration?' It coaches us to be aware of our motives and…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Once religion has been dismissed by primarily an intellectual class of people, we lose the really useful social functions of religion... What…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I want my characters to really overuse their coping mechanisms to the point where they break down within 300 pages.

— Chuck Palahniuk

The third person allows characters to really attack themselves. We all do this - attack ourselves - every hour of our lives.

— Chuck Palahniuk

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

The pretentiousness of literature really annoys me; the way a writer is held as this sort of magical person to be revered…

— Chuck Palahniuk

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

In a way, a lot of my humor comes from presenting things that are dramatic or shocking and then people not having…

— Chuck Palahniuk

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

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

At school I was lazy. But I started working when I was 15, washing dishes at a local truck stop restaurant. I…

— Chuck Palahniuk