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Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

Everyone has something wrong. And for a while, her heart just sort of flat lined Picture Quote #1

Disaster is a natural part of my evolution toward tragedy and dissolution Picture Quote #1

You kill strangers deliberately so you don’t accidentally kill the people you love Picture Quote #1

Today is just one of those days the sun comes out to really humiliate you Picture Quote #1

So here I am. This is as good as it gets. Take it or leave it Picture Quote #1

What makes earth feel like hell is our expectation that it should feel like heaven Picture Quote #1

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You could stab a knife right through my heart and you’d be too late Picture Quote #1

Writing is like sex, if it’s difficult you’re not doing it right Picture Quote #1

On a long enough timeline. The survival rate for everyone drops to zero Picture Quote #1

I really love idiot, enlightened characters - these characters who fail to engage with the drama of their immediate circumstances; they fail to be reactive and enrolled by drama as it happens around them Picture Quote #1

I think in a way, you're doomed, once you can envision something. You're sort of doomed to make it happen. I've found that the moment I can envision leaving a relationship, that's usually the moment that the relationship starts to fall apart Picture Quote #1

I wanted to write about the moment when your addictions no longer hide the truth from you. When your whole life breaks down. That's the moment when you have to somehow choose what your life is going to be about Picture Quote #1

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I'm always trying to reach a transcendent point, a romantic point, but reach it in a really unconventional way, a really profane way. To get to that romantic, touching, heartbreaking place, but through a lot of acts of profanity Picture Quote #1

You hear the best stories from ordinary people. That sense of immediacy is more real to me than a lot of writerly, literary type crafted stories. I want that immediacy when I read a novel Picture Quote #1

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified? Picture Quote #1

Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have left of our education Picture Quote #1

I used to work in a funeral home to feel good about myself, just the fact that I was breathing Picture Quote #1

If anything I try to write something that would be more difficult to film. I tend to see film as competition and would like instead to do what books do best Picture Quote #1

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If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character, would you slow down? Or speed up? Picture Quote #1

If you start in the pit of despair with these profane, awful things, even a glimmer of hope or awareness is going to occur that's much brighter coming from this dark, awful beginning Picture Quote #1

It's funny how you never think about the women you've had. It's always the ones who get away that you can't forget Picture Quote #1

Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives Picture Quote #1

Since change is constant, you wonder if people crave death because it's the only way they can get anything really finished Picture Quote #1

Some of the best ideas I get seem to happen when I'm doing mindless manual labor or exercise. I'm not sure how that happens, but it leaves me free for remarkable ideas to occur Picture Quote #1

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The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend Picture Quote #1

All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring Picture Quote #1

As if you cut open a rag doll with a sill name, and found inside:Real intestines, real lungs, a beating heart and blood. A lot of hot, sticky blood Picture Quote #1

On the other side of the handrail, the hallway’s gray marble floor looks as if we’ve climbed a stairway through the clouds Picture Quote #1

I am a writer and the greatest compliment I can get is to know that I’ve contributed language to the culture, that I’ve defined something, given it a name. So I think that is one of the great things a writer can do Picture Quote #1

The rules that I adhere to are the rules of minimalism. And those rules kind of force writing to be more filmic... to have the immediacy and accessibility of film so that the reader really has to fill in a lot of the details Picture Quote #1

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Everyone has something wrong. And for a while, her heart just sort of flat lined (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) Disaster is a natural part of my evolution toward tragedy and dissolution (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) You kill strangers deliberately so you don’t accidentally kill the people you love (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) Today is just one of those days the sun comes out to really humiliate you (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) So here I am. This is as good as it gets. Take it or leave it (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) What makes earth feel like hell is our expectation that it should feel like heaven (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) You could stab a knife right through my heart and you’d be too late (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) Writing is like sex, if it’s difficult you’re not doing it right (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) On a long enough timeline. The survival rate for everyone drops to zero (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) I really love idiot, enlightened characters - these characters who fail to engage with the drama of their immediate circumstances; they fail to be reactive and enrolled by drama as it happens around them (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) I think in a way, you're doomed, once you can envision something. You're sort of doomed to make it happen. I've found that the moment I can envision leaving a relationship, that's usually the moment that the relationship starts to fall apart (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) I wanted to write about the moment when your addictions no longer hide the truth from you. When your whole life breaks down. That's the moment when you have to somehow choose what your life is going to be about (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) I'm always trying to reach a transcendent point, a romantic point, but reach it in a really unconventional way, a really profane way. To get to that romantic, touching, heartbreaking place, but through a lot of acts of profanity (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) You hear the best stories from ordinary people. That sense of immediacy is more real to me than a lot of writerly, literary type crafted stories. I want that immediacy when I read a novel (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified? (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have left of our education (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) I used to work in a funeral home to feel good about myself, just the fact that I was breathing (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) If anything I try to write something that would be more difficult to film. I tend to see film as competition and would like instead to do what books do best (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character, would you slow down? Or speed up? (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) If you start in the pit of despair with these profane, awful things, even a glimmer of hope or awareness is going to occur that's much brighter coming from this dark, awful beginning (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) It's funny how you never think about the women you've had. It's always the ones who get away that you can't forget (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) Since change is constant, you wonder if people crave death because it's the only way they can get anything really finished (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) Some of the best ideas I get seem to happen when I'm doing mindless manual labor or exercise. I'm not sure how that happens, but it leaves me free for remarkable ideas to occur (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) As if you cut open a rag doll with a sill name, and found inside:Real intestines, real lungs, a beating heart and blood. A lot of hot, sticky blood (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) On the other side of the handrail, the hallway’s gray marble floor looks as if we’ve climbed a stairway through the clouds (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) I am a writer and the greatest compliment I can get is to know that I’ve contributed language to the culture, that I’ve defined something, given it a name. So I think that is one of the great things a writer can do (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes) The rules that I adhere to are the rules of minimalism. And those rules kind of force writing to be more filmic... to have the immediacy and accessibility of film so that the reader really has to fill in a lot of the details (Chuck Palahniuk Quotes)

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