--- title: "14 Years Quotes By Chuck Klosterman" description: "14 Years quotes by Chuck Klosterman. Plus more from Chuck Klosterman and more Years sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/chuck-klosterman-804_forty_maybe-it-takes-forty-years-of-your-life_2385977.png" --- > [Maybe it takes forty years of your life to understand how the world seems to work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/maybe-it-takes-forty-years-of-your-life-to-understand-how-the-world/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/chuck-klosterman-804_forty_maybe-it-takes-forty-years-of-your-life_2385977.png) > [Book writing is a little different because, in my case, my editor is a year younger than me and basically has the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/book-writing-is-a-little-different-because-in-my-case-my-editor-is-a/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/chuck-klosterman-804_book_book-writing-is-a-little-different-becau_1074904.png) > [It is very easy for me to imagine in 200 years, people looking back at chemotherapy as proof that people of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/it-is-very-easy-for-me-to-imagine-in-200-years-people-looking-back-at/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a5/chuck-klosterman-804_20th-century_it-is-very-easy-for-me-to-imagine-in-200_3022717.png) > [I was fortunate that I was at newspapers for eight years, where I wrote at least five or six stories every week.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-was-fortunate-that-i-was-at-newspapers-for-eight-years-where-i/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/215/chuck-klosterman-804_different_i-was-fortunate-that-i-was-at-newspapers_3217722.jpg) > [It appears that countless women born between the years of 1965 and 1978 are in love with John Cusack. I cannot fathom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/it-appears-that-countless-women-born-between-the-years-of-1965-and/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6e/chuck-klosterman-804_america_it-appears-that-countless-women-born-bet_911923.png) > [I look at camping the same way I look at horror movies. All the years that humans fought to get into caves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-look-at-camping-the-same-way-i-look-at-horror-movies-all-the-years/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5de/chuck-klosterman-804_camping_i-look-at-camping-the-same-way-i-look-at_2048550.png) > [I remember saying things, but I have no idea what was said. It was generally a friendly conversation.” —Associated Press reporter Jack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-remember-saying-things-but-i-have-no-idea-what-was-said-it-was/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/chuck-klosterman-804_attempting_i-remember-saying-things-but-i-have-no-i_2461182.jpg) > [...I've spent the last fifteen years of my life railing against the game of soccer, an exercise that has been lauded as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-ve-spent-the-last-fifteen-years-of-my-life-railing-against-the-game/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/chuck-klosterman-804_dystopia_i-ve-spent-the-last-fifteen-years-of-my_2331129.png) > [I really hate being sick. It seems inevitable that at one point, one of these predicted epidemics is going to be real.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-really-hate-being-sick-it-seems-inevitable-that-at-one-point-one-of/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/460/chuck-klosterman-804_being-real_i-really-hate-being-sick-it-seems-inevit_2260557.jpg) > [The biggest hurdle to writing Fargo Rock City was that I couldn't afford a home computer - I had to get a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/the-biggest-hurdle-to-writing-fargo-rock-city-was-that-i-couldn-t/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f99/chuck-klosterman-804_cities_the-biggest-hurdle-to-writing-fargo-rock_2732933.png) > [Her nomination for vice president in 2008 represents the most desperate inclinations of the Republican Party. In two hundred years, I suspect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/her-nomination-for-vice-president-in-2008-represents-the-most/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d2/chuck-klosterman-804_abe_her-nomination-for-vice-president-in-200_3091942.png) > [Everyone knows history is written by the winners, but that cliche misses a crucial detail: Over time, the winners are always the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/everyone-knows-history-is-written-by-the-winners-but-that-cliche/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90c/chuck-klosterman-804_abstract_everyone-knows-history-is-written-by-the_706094.png) > [Americans have become conditioned to believe the world is a gray place without absolutes; this is because we’re simultaneously cowardly and arrogant.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/americans-have-become-conditioned-to-believe-the-world-is-a-gray/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e80/chuck-klosterman-804_absolutes_americans-have-become-conditioned-to-bel_857021.jpg) > [I think that most technology is positive in the short term, and negative in the long term. I wonder, if somebody looked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-think-that-most-technology-is-positive-in-the-short-term-and/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ac/chuck-klosterman-804_21st-century_i-think-that-most-technology-is-positive_179251.png) ## Other authors on Years ## More by Chuck Klosterman > [The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/the-only-people-who-think-the-internet-is-a-calamity-are-people-whose/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [“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."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-suppose-we-ll-never-know-what-really-happened-in-that-room-though/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [Do you know people who insist they like 'all kinds of music'? That actually means they like no kinds of music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/do-you-know-people-who-insist-they-like-all-kinds-of-music-that/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/let-s-say-twitter-existed-during-the-civil-war-we-would-have-a-better/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [All my friends are rock critics, so we talk about rock criticism a lot. Because of that, in order to be part of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/all-my-friends-are-rock-critics-so-we-talk-about-rock-criticism-a-lot/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [If rain is God crying, I think God is drunk and his girlfriend just slept with Zeus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/if-rain-is-god-crying-i-think-god-is-drunk-and-his-girlfriend-just/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/but-no-matter-how-many-times-we-re-rank-the-presidents-in-another-200/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/different-critics-go-to-different-lengths-to-disagree-with-that/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [First, you must love yourself. And if you do that convincingly enough, others will love you too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/first-you-must-love-yourself-and-if-you-do-that-convincingly-enough/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [Anyone who claims to be good at lying is obviously bad at lying. Thus - as a writer myself - I cannot comment on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/anyone-who-claims-to-be-good-at-lying-is-obviously-bad-at-lying-thus/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-care-about-strangers-when-they-re-abstractions-but-feel-almost/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [“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"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/toby-keith-writes-songs-like-1993-s-should-ve-been-a-cowboy-and-what/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [Some say that time is like water that flows around us (like a stone in the river) and some say we flow with time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/some-say-that-time-is-like-water-that-flows-around-us-like-a-stone-in/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [ \[On political correctness:\] Any intended message mattered less than the received message, and every received message could be interpreted in whatever way the receiver… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/on-political-correctness-any-intended-message-mattered-less-than-the/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [In baseball and sex, cliches are usually true: pitching beats hitting, and people always want to be loved by anyone who doesn't seem to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/in-baseball-and-sex-cliches-are-usually-true-pitching-beats-hitting/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/years/chuck-klosterman/#itemlist", "name": "14 Years Quotes By Chuck Klosterman", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Maybe it takes forty years of your life to understand how the world seems to work.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chuck Klosterman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/maybe-it-takes-forty-years-of-your-life-to-understand-how-the-world/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/chuck-klosterman-804_forty_maybe-it-takes-forty-years-of-your-life_2385977.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/chuck-klosterman-804_forty_maybe-it-takes-forty-years-of-your-life_2385977.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/chuck-klosterman-804_forty_maybe-it-takes-forty-years-of-your-life_2385977.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Maybe it takes forty years of your life to understand how the world seems to work.” — Chuck Klosterman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Book writing is a little different because, in my case, my editor is a year younger than me and basically has the same sensibility as me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chuck Klosterman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/book-writing-is-a-little-different-because-in-my-case-my-editor-is-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/chuck-klosterman-804_book_book-writing-is-a-little-different-becau_1074904.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/chuck-klosterman-804_book_book-writing-is-a-little-different-becau_1074904.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/chuck-klosterman-804_book_book-writing-is-a-little-different-becau_1074904.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Book writing is a little different because, in my case, my editor is a year younger than me and basically…” — Chuck Klosterman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is very easy for me to imagine in 200 years, people looking back at chemotherapy as proof that people of the 20th century were insane and just morons.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chuck Klosterman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/it-is-very-easy-for-me-to-imagine-in-200-years-people-looking-back-at/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a5/chuck-klosterman-804_20th-century_it-is-very-easy-for-me-to-imagine-in-200_3022717.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a5/chuck-klosterman-804_20th-century_it-is-very-easy-for-me-to-imagine-in-200_3022717.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a5/chuck-klosterman-804_20th-century_it-is-very-easy-for-me-to-imagine-in-200_3022717.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is very easy for me to imagine in 200 years, people looking back at chemotherapy as proof that people of…” — Chuck Klosterman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was fortunate that I was at newspapers for eight years, where I wrote at least five or six stories every week. 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