But no matter how many times we re-rank the presidents, in another 200 years, the top presidents will still be Washington and… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Some say that time is like water that flows around us (like a stone in the river) and some say we flow… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think that the amount of time you live on earth is just an inverse reflection of how good you were… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“But it would be far more effective—and considerably more inventive—to enact that same process with a text that has no preexisting meaning.… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
There was a time in our very recent history when it was “interesting” to be a Star Wars fan. It was sort… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Whenever I can’t sleep, I like to lie in the darkness and pretend I’ve been assassinated. I’ve found this is the best… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Everyone knows history is written by the winners, but that cliche misses a crucial detail: Over time, the winners are always the… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
When I think about the future, I'm not necessarily arguing it's going to be better or worse. I'm just saying it's going… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
To me, fear of the future means fear of technology. I have a little bit of that. I still use it, but… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“Sports are among the increasingly rare moments of totally unscripted television. The human element informs everything, in confounding and inconsistent ways. And… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
We are always dying, all the time. That's what living is; living is dying, little by little. It is a sequenced collection… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I am of the opinion, and have been for a long time, that any kind of big technological move is almost always… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“If you've spent any time trolling the blogosphere, you've probably noticed a peculiar literary trend: the pervasive habit of writers inexplicably placing… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think children are the worst people alive. And even if they're not- even if some smiling toddler is as pure… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“We all convince ourselves of things like this- not necessarily about Say Anything, but about any fictionalized portrayals of romance that happen… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I think one possibility [in the future] might be chemotherapy. And I'm always hesitant to say that because it makes it sound… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“You want to know what I really learned? I learned that people don’t consider time alone as part of their life. Being… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“We all have the potential to fall in love a thousand times in our lifetime. It's easy. The first girl I ever… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
...I've spent the last fifteen years of my life railing against the game of soccer, an exercise that has been lauded as… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
It drives me crazy to do readings of my books, because if I read anything I've written in the past, I'd like… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“The first moment someone calls for a revolution is usually the last moment I take them seriously.” — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
People hate the feeling that technology is dragging them into the future, that they're not really following what's happening, but being forced… — 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