Chuck Palahniuk

“A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect of perfection”

— Chuck Palahniuk

“Anymore, no one's mind is their own. You can't concentrate. You can't think. There's always some noise worming in. Singers shouting. Dead…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Some of the best ideas I get seem to happen when I'm doing mindless manual labor or exercise. I'm not sure how…

— Chuck Palahniuk

“Despite my lifetime of declining rich desserts, my evenings spent jogging, regardless of all my careful moderation and self-discipline—I’m trapped, wadded inside…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I can become someone else, not out of pressure and desperation, but merely because a new life sounds fun or interesting or…

— Chuck Palahniuk

“I am Jack's broken heart.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

“Do NOT die while wearing cheap shoes.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

Because I can't hit bottom, I can't be saved.

— Chuck Palahniuk

“There will be mistakes, and maybe the point is not to forget the rest of yourself if one little part might go…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Men want to make the best use of time and want to see how something can inform them and give them a…

— Chuck Palahniuk

“Imagine if Jesus chased you around, trying to catch you and save your soul.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

“Prepare to evacuate soul in ten, in nine, eight. Chloe's splashing through the ankle-deep back-up of renal fluid from her failed kidneys.…

— Chuck Palahniuk

“The easy thing to do was give her the ben­efit of the doubt.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

When I visit my brother in South Africa, I order things I've only seen in zoos. Little deers and kudu, all the…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Until today, it really pissed me off that I'd become this totally centered Zen Master and nobody had noticed. Still, I'm doing…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Since change is constant, you wonder if people crave death because it's the only way they can get anything really finished.

— Chuck Palahniuk

I always thought I'd write when I retired - when I turned 65.

— Chuck Palahniuk

“Warning: If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is…

— Chuck Palahniuk

“I want you to do me a favor. I want you to hit me as hard as you can." I looked around…

— Chuck Palahniuk

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

I have to have everything in my life completely fixed and perfect and cleaned up and I have to be complete with…

— Chuck Palahniuk

New carpet will exude poisonous formaldehyde for up to two years after it'd been laid. I know the feeling.

— Chuck Palahniuk

“Adam said the other blessing you have to give up in the outside world is darkness. You can close your eyes, and…

— Chuck Palahniuk

My grandfather was hit over the head by a crane boom in Seattle. Some of the family claimed he was never a…

— Chuck Palahniuk

“I want out of the labels. I don't want my whole life crammed into a single word.”

— Chuck Palahniuk