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title: "18 Really Quotes By Chuck Palahniuk"
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> [“did you really mean it?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/did-you-really-mean-it/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [I think standardization is really the first step to something being commodified.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/i-think-standardization-is-really-the-first-step-to-something-being/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [“If this might be the last time they saw you, they really saw you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/if-this-might-be-the-last-time-they-saw-you-they-really-saw-you-2/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [I don't know if you ever really feel like you've made it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/i-don-t-know-if-you-ever-really-feel-like-you-ve-made-it/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [People say I make up wild stories. But all I have to do is write down stuff that really happens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/people-say-i-make-up-wild-stories-but-all-i-have-to-do-is-write-down/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [Mr. Olsen in the fifth grade made me want to be a writer. He said, 'Chuck, you do this really well. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/mr-olsen-in-the-fifth-grade-made-me-want-to-be-a-writer-he-said-chuck/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [A short story is something that you can hold in your mind. You can really analyze how the entire thing works, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/a-short-story-is-something-that-you-can-hold-in-your-mind-you-can/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [In 'Diary,' the motto really is: 'Where Do You Get Your Inspiration?' It coaches us to be aware of our motives and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/in-diary-the-motto-really-is-where-do-you-get-your-inspiration-it/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [I want my characters to really overuse their coping mechanisms to the point where they break down within 300 pages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/i-want-my-characters-to-really-overuse-their-coping-mechanisms-to-the/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [Once religion has been dismissed by primarily an intellectual class of people, we lose the really useful social functions of religion... What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/once-religion-has-been-dismissed-by-primarily-an-intellectual-class/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [The third person allows characters to really attack themselves. We all do this - attack ourselves - every hour of our lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/the-third-person-allows-characters-to-really-attack-themselves-we-all/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [I think Chris Brown gets kind of dismissed as a gay writer, and I think Chris's books are really, really smart. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/i-think-chris-brown-gets-kind-of-dismissed-as-a-gay-writer-and-i/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [The pretentiousness of literature really annoys me; the way a writer is held as this sort of magical person to be revered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/the-pretentiousness-of-literature-really-annoys-me-the-way-a-writer/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [With a book, you're guaranteed the audience has a certain skill level and that the audience has to make an ongoing effort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/with-a-book-you-re-guaranteed-the-audience-has-a-certain-skill-level/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [In a way, a lot of my humor comes from presenting things that are dramatic or shocking and then people not having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/in-a-way-a-lot-of-my-humor-comes-from-presenting-things-that-are/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/i-know-that-i-m-going-to-die-and-that-you-re-going-to-die-i-can-t-do/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [One thing I really envy about my friends who have kids is that as their children develop, they're able to revisit their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/one-thing-i-really-envy-about-my-friends-who-have-kids-is-that-as/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [At school I was lazy. But I started working when I was 15, washing dishes at a local truck stop restaurant. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/at-school-i-was-lazy-but-i-started-working-when-i-was-15-washing/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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## Other authors on Really

## More by Chuck Palahniuk

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/because-after-you-ve-crossed-some-lines-you-just-keep-crossing-them/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/according-to-plato-we-don-t-learn-anything-our-soul-has-lived-so-many/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [His saliva tasted like the wet dicks of ten thousand lonely truck drivers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/his-saliva-tasted-like-the-wet-dicks-of-ten-thousand-lonely-truck/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [“shoulder. They weigh that much. Tyler’s a banquet waiter,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/shoulder-they-weigh-that-much-tyler-s-a-banquet-waiter/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [We'll never be as young as we are tonight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/we-ll-never-be-as-young-as-we-are-tonight/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [“We drive west the rest of the night, away from where the sun will come up, trying to outrace it, trying not to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/we-drive-west-the-rest-of-the-night-away-from-where-the-sun-will-come/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [Just for the record, how I feel right now is very terrific.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/just-for-the-record-how-i-feel-right-now-is-very-terrific/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [Nobody's told me anything to date that I've been completely reviled by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/nobody-s-told-me-anything-to-date-that-i-ve-been-completely-reviled-by/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [“Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/then-you-re-trapped-in-your-lovely-nest-and-the-things-you-used-to/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [Some stories, you use up. Others use you up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/some-stories-you-use-up-others-use-you-up/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [Verbs allow you to communicate a story in a much more converged or involuntary way for a reader. The verbs allow you to come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/verbs-allow-you-to-communicate-a-story-in-a-much-more-converged-or/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [Waiters will always pee in soup, people will always fall in love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/waiters-will-always-pee-in-soup-people-will-always-fall-in-love/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [“Branch Bacardi, star of The Da Vinci Load, To Drill a Mockingbird, The Postman Always Cums Twice, Chitty Chitty Gang Bang, The Twilight Bone,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/branch-bacardi-star-of-the-da-vinci-load-to-drill-a-mockingbird-the/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [“Every unkind remark or crude gesture by others is a blessing, an opportunity to exercise our own capacity to forgive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/every-unkind-remark-or-crude-gesture-by-others-is-a-blessing-an/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [“Nuestro deber es enseñar a esos hombres y mujeres la libertad a través de la esclavitud; y el coraje a través del miedo.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/nuestro-deber-es-ense-ar-a-esos-hombres-y-mujeres-la-libertad-a-trav/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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