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Chuck Klosterman Quotes

Anyone who claims to be good at lying is obviously bad at lying. Thus - as a writer myself - I cannot comment on whether or not writers are exceptionally good liars, because whatever I said would actually mean its complete opposite Picture Quote #1

I also did an Ozzy piece for him, and so I got hired. Everything happened really fast. I can’t give people advice, because everything in my life changed completely in less than a year and it’s still not something I am used to Picture Quote #1

The biggest hurdle to writing Fargo Rock City was that I couldn’t afford a home computer - I had to get a new job so I could buy a computer. It could all change though. In five years, I could be back at some daily newspaper, which wouldn’t be so bad Picture Quote #1

The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I’m totally conscious of that. To me, book writing is fun, and I basically just write about things that are entertaining to myself Picture Quote #1

But it goes without saying that Michael Jordan could never date Pamela Anderson. That would cause the apocalypse Picture Quote #1

We are always dying, all the time. That’s what living is; living is dying, little by little. It is a sequenced collection of individualized deaths Picture Quote #1

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Styx and The Stones may break my bones but ‘More than Words’ will never hurt me Picture Quote #1

I cannot imagine the type of sinister fiend who would be against the library. A library essentially says, ‘Look, here is some free information that will enrich your life. Read it on your own time. I trust that you will bring it back when you are finished.’ It might be the most civilized, forward-thinking institution in America. Perhaps the only one, in fact Picture Quote #1

When Arthur Schlesinger Sr. pioneered the ‘presidential greatness poll’ in 1948, the top five were Lincoln, Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Jefferson. Only Wilson appears to be seriously fading, probably because his support for the World War I-era Sedition Act now seems outrageous; in this analogy, Woodrow is like the Doors and the Sedition Act is Oliver Stone Picture Quote #1

I used to watch a lot of documentaries about Satanic possession - and I don’t know if this is racist or not - but in the documentaries, it never happened to Americans! It was always happening in Central America or South America; that’s where the priest was always going down to exorcise possessed people. So I didn’t have a lot of fear of being possessed by the devil Picture Quote #1

I love sports, but I don’t like live sporting events, because I don’t like sitting in the crowd. I like listening to records, but I don’t like going to concerts, because I don’t like standing in the crowd. I guess I just don’t like being in the crowd itself Picture Quote #1

To me, fear of the future means fear of technology. I have a little bit of that. I still use it, but I kind of see technology as this harmful thing that’s so ingrained in my life that it sort of dictates and controls my relationship with it Picture Quote #1

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If somebody asked for the first draft of something I’d written, it’d probably be pretty close to whatever got published. I get enjoyment out of writing, but I get absolutely no enjoyment out of rewriting, so I don’t do much of it. The more you work on something, certainly, the better it gets. But there’s also a pretty clear law of diminishing returns Picture Quote #1

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 they’re writing about a book about a writer who’s a critic. So I think it’s really hard for people to distance themselves from what they’re criticizing Picture Quote #1

It seems as though our ability to change technology happens so quickly, and our ability to evolve as creatures is still very slow Picture Quote #1

Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you Picture Quote #1

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 care Picture Quote #1

People hate the feeling that technology is dragging them into the future, that they’re not really following what’s happening, but being forced to be involved. Even if it makes their life better, it still feels like it’s happening against their will Picture Quote #1

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Being a sexual icon is sort of like being the front man for an Orange County punk band: As soon as you can explain why you’re necessary, you’re over Picture Quote #1

I really hate being sick. It seems inevitable that at one point, one of these predicted epidemics is going to be real. So often they come up, and there’s people like me that are freaked out, and the majority of people are just like, You’re being idiots, this happens every other year Picture Quote #1

I’m good at being by myself. I guess if you’re a writer you get used to that Picture Quote #1

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 to be different Picture Quote #1

I’m really an alarmist when it comes to epidemics. Swine flu now; when SARS was big, I was all freaked out about that, bird flu. That terrifies me Picture Quote #1

I feel sorry for people who have to edit me. Which is why book writing is by far the most enjoyable. Really the only thing it’s based on is whether it’s good or not. No book editor, in my experience, is getting a manuscript and try to rewrite it Picture Quote #1

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We are often wrong about the past, but at least with the past you can change your thinking. We can’t do that with the future Picture Quote #1

...his lazy eye drifting around the room like a child looking for the bathroom Picture Quote #1

What’s kind of happening is the conflict over football might be a class conflict where there is a percentage of people who have no relationship to physicality and a percentage of the populace who still does Picture Quote #1

If you move furniture all day, if you’re a construction worker, if you have a job that’s real physical, this idea that there is a sport that involves the kind of conventional, traditional view of toughness, you see that still as a positive thing Picture Quote #1

Even though I wanted to experience all these things I was interested in, I couldn’t get them. So I had to think critically and culturally about what was available Picture Quote #1

The essays are different because ultimately it’s things I’m interested in, and I’m really just writing about myself and using those subjects as a prism Picture Quote #1

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Anyone who claims to be good at lying is obviously bad at lying. Thus - as a writer myself - I cannot comment on whether or not writers are exceptionally good liars, because whatever I said would actually mean its complete opposite (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) I also did an Ozzy piece for him, and so I got hired. Everything happened really fast. I can’t give people advice, because everything in my life changed completely in less than a year and it’s still not something I am used to (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) The biggest hurdle to writing Fargo Rock City was that I couldn’t afford a home computer - I had to get a new job so I could buy a computer. It could all change though. In five years, I could be back at some daily newspaper, which wouldn’t be so bad (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I’m totally conscious of that. To me, book writing is fun, and I basically just write about things that are entertaining to myself (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) But it goes without saying that Michael Jordan could never date Pamela Anderson. That would cause the apocalypse (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) We are always dying, all the time. That’s what living is; living is dying, little by little. It is a sequenced collection of individualized deaths (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) Styx and The Stones may break my bones but ‘More than Words’ will never hurt me (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) I cannot imagine the type of sinister fiend who would be against the library. A library essentially says, ‘Look, here is some free information that will enrich your life. Read it on your own time. I trust that you will bring it back when you are finished.’ It might be the most civilized, forward-thinking institution in America. Perhaps the only one, in fact (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) When Arthur Schlesinger Sr. pioneered the ‘presidential greatness poll’ in 1948, the top five were Lincoln, Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Jefferson. Only Wilson appears to be seriously fading, probably because his support for the World War I-era Sedition Act now seems outrageous; in this analogy, Woodrow is like the Doors and the Sedition Act is Oliver Stone (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) I used to watch a lot of documentaries about Satanic possession - and I don’t know if this is racist or not - but in the documentaries, it never happened to Americans! It was always happening in Central America or South America; that’s where the priest was always going down to exorcise possessed people. So I didn’t have a lot of fear of being possessed by the devil (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) I love sports, but I don’t like live sporting events, because I don’t like sitting in the crowd. I like listening to records, but I don’t like going to concerts, because I don’t like standing in the crowd. I guess I just don’t like being in the crowd itself (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) To me, fear of the future means fear of technology. I have a little bit of that. I still use it, but I kind of see technology as this harmful thing that’s so ingrained in my life that it sort of dictates and controls my relationship with it (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) If somebody asked for the first draft of something I’d written, it’d probably be pretty close to whatever got published. I get enjoyment out of writing, but I get absolutely no enjoyment out of rewriting, so I don’t do much of it. The more you work on something, certainly, the better it gets. But there’s also a pretty clear law of diminishing returns (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) 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 they’re writing about a book about a writer who’s a critic. So I think it’s really hard for people to distance themselves from what they’re criticizing (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) It seems as though our ability to change technology happens so quickly, and our ability to evolve as creatures is still very slow (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you. (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) 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 care. (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) People hate the feeling that technology is dragging them into the future, that they’re not really following what’s happening, but being forced to be involved. Even if it makes their life better, it still feels like it’s happening against their will. (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) Being a sexual icon is sort of like being the front man for an Orange County punk band: As soon as you can explain why you’re necessary, you’re over. (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) I really hate being sick. It seems inevitable that at one point, one of these predicted epidemics is going to be real. So often they come up, and there’s people like me that are freaked out, and the majority of people are just like, You’re being idiots, this happens every other year. (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) I’m good at being by myself. I guess if you’re a writer you get used to that. (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) 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 to be different. (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) I’m really an alarmist when it comes to epidemics. Swine flu now; when SARS was big, I was all freaked out about that, bird flu. That terrifies me. (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) I feel sorry for people who have to edit me. Which is why book writing is by far the most enjoyable. Really the only thing it’s based on is whether it’s good or not. No book editor, in my experience, is getting a manuscript and try to rewrite it. (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) We are often wrong about the past, but at least with the past you can change your thinking. We can’t do that with the future. (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) ...his lazy eye drifting around the room like a child looking for the bathroom. (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) What’s kind of happening is the conflict over football might be a class conflict where there is a percentage of people who have no relationship to physicality and a percentage of the populace who still does. (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) If you move furniture all day, if you’re a construction worker, if you have a job that’s real physical, this idea that there is a sport that involves the kind of conventional, traditional view of toughness, you see that still as a positive thing. (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) Even though I wanted to experience all these things I was interested in, I couldn’t get them. So I had to think critically and culturally about what was available. (Chuck Klosterman Quotes) The essays are different because ultimately it’s things I’m interested in, and I’m really just writing about myself and using those subjects as a prism. (Chuck Klosterman Quotes)

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