Writer Quotes by Chuck Palahniuk

For me, writing is a kind of coping mechanism.

— Chuck Palahniuk

My books are all fantastically sentimental.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Being lonely is not a bad thing for a writer.

— Chuck Palahniuk

A writer’s job is to cultivate what can go wrong.

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Writing gave me the world.

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My writing process isn't a very organized thing.

— Chuck Palahniuk

“Wait- there was a book?”

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Once I start writing, I can't stop.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Real writers write because they love to write. They don't write for public acclaim.

— Chuck Palahniuk

You can tell a more over-the-top incredible story if you use a nonfiction form.

— Chuck Palahniuk

I could imagine myself becoming one of Marla's stories.

— Chuck Palahniuk

I write because it's a way of presenting something without having to be there.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Why do the lives of writers seem so... train-wrecky?

— Chuck Palahniuk

Writing in public gives you that access to a junkyard of details all around you.

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“Writing an honest blog is how you unlive your life.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

When a regular person gets sick, they take an aspirin. When a writer gets sick, they take notes…

— Chuck Palahniuk

My personal theory is that younger audiences disdain books - not because those readers are dumber than past readers, but because today's…

— Chuck Palahniuk

This would be...a book that would be a trapdoor down into some place dark. A place only you could go, alone, when…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I dread the promotion part of my job. It's agony, especially compared to the private, at-home joy of writing. But being a…

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It is a hundred-year-old witch book, bound in human skin and probably written in ancient cum...YOU lick it!

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Every time I write something, I think, this is the most offensive thing I will ever write. But no. I always surprise…

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Most novels, I find, are three times longer than they need to be. Very little happens, and I don't want to waste…

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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…

— Chuck Palahniuk

You hear the best stories from ordinary people. That sense of immediacy is more real to me than a lot of writerly,…

— Chuck Palahniuk

When I first started writing, it was me alone with a computer in my apartment. I hated the time away from other…

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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…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Alternating the thoughtful task of writing with the mindless work of laundry or dish washing will give you the breaks you need…

— Chuck Palahniuk

My books are always about somebody who is taken from aloneness and isolation - often elevated loneliness - to community. It may…

— Chuck Palahniuk

The last story you should write is the most important story. You should start with a story that is just an amusing,…

— Chuck Palahniuk

So this is why I write. Because most times, your life isn’t funny the first time through. Most times, you can hardly…

— Chuck Palahniuk

My only writing ritual is to shave my head bald between writing the first and second drafts of a book. If I…

— Chuck Palahniuk

My writing process isn't a very organized thing. The actual writing part is a tiny part of my life. I often write…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I take pens and I write on the inside of my arm. When I'm with people and somebody says a really fascinating…

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I'm always looking for context in which people tell stories. In "Fight Club" it's these support groups for dying people, and then…

— Chuck Palahniuk

My writing has to excite people and depict or include their experiences. That's part of my process - to go out and…

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

— Chuck Palahniuk

“That's the worst aspect of being a writer: managing plausibility.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

Writing is like sex, if it's difficult you're not doing it right.

— Chuck Palahniuk

I write in a noisy, distracting world so the books can be read there.

— Chuck Palahniuk

As the child outlives the father,so must the character bury the author.

— Chuck Palahniuk