The deeper reality is that I’m not sure if what I do is real. I usually believe that I’m certain about how… — 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 like storms. I would say I actively like stormy weather. I would not be afraid of them. I think that if… — 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
I think one of the many interesting things about [Donald] Trump is that people in the media did not take him seriously… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
My mind and gut are never simpatico: Every time I think somebody likes me, she doesn't; every time I think somebody doesn't… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I think people's relationship with the concept of violence changes, and that to me might be a little more interesting. — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
And it's kind of my own fault too, in the sense that I've used my own life as a literary device so… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
The amount of response I get, in both a negative and a positive context, is completely related to the amount of books… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I think anyone who's not as good a writer as me is absolutely a hack, and I think anybody who's a slightly… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I cannot imagine the type of sinister fiend who would be against the library. A library essentially says, 'Look, here is some… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
At a magazine, everything you do is edited by a bunch of people, by committee, and a lot of them are, were,… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
When someone writes a book review, they obviously already self-identify as a writer. I mean, they are. They're writers, they're critics, and… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Maybe I don't need a relationship after all, she thought. Maybe thinking about these conversations was just as good as having them.… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
You're trying to find new ideas in people. I always think to myself, what question I am least comfortable asking the person?… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I think a bigger difference with social media is going to be things like the impact Instagram will have for historians. For… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
We are often wrong about the past, but at least with the past you can change your thinking. We can't do that… — 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