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All the effort in the world won't matter if you're not inspired.

Chuck Palahniuk

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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
Essayist
Journalist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
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My writing process isn't a very organized thing. The actual writing part is a tiny part of my life. I often write in public. I bring my laptop or write freehand in notebooks. Then, I'll read through them while I exercise or walk the dog. The very last thing I do is the sitting alone at the computer part.
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The answer is there is no answer.
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You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it's just teeth.
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Just for the record, she still loves you. She wouldn't bother to torture you if she didn't.
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I suppose it’s comfort, perhaps a sense of self-control, doing worse things to yourself than the world will ever dare inflict.
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Since we do operate in a binary world, if there's something that cannot be this or that, it drives us crazy.
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You couldn't have small, dying children in a movie without really bringing everyone down, but you can in comics.
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Skinny guys fight till they're burger.
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Demon or angel or evil spirit, I just need something to show itself. Ghoulie or ghosty or long-legged beastie, I just want my hand held.
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Hey, even the Mona Lisa is falling apart.
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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 myself.
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Language is what books do very well and movement is what movies does very well.
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You tell yourself that noise is what defines silence. Without noise, silence would not be golden. Noise is the exception.
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To see how boring you really are, write a book about soap and cults, and the profits you make will be your only means of subsistence.
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The problem with every story is you tell it after the fact.
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I hate how I don't feel real enough unless people are watching.
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That if you could acquire enough, accomplish enough, you’d never want to own or do another thing. That if you could eat or sleep enough, you’d never need more. That if enough people loved you, you’d stop needing love.
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There's still a thousand places I haven't gone to die.
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