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Don’t ask me when because I don’t remember, but somewhere along the way I keep forgetting to commit suicide.
Chuck Palahniuk
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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
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Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
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Until you find something to fight for, you settle for something to fight against.
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Every character sees the world through a framework of education and experience that they're proud experts about. To write a character, find out what they know best, and THEN you'll know how they'll describe a hot day. Or a pretty girl.
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It's because we're so trapped in our culture, in the being of being human on this planet with the brains we have, and the same two arms and legs everybody has. We're so trapped that any way we could imagine to escape would be just another part of the trap. Anything we want, we're trained to want.
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My inventory of people who can save me is down to just me.
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People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone.
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The only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage.
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The worst part of writing fiction is the fear of wasting your life behind a keyboard. The idea that, dying, you'll realize you only lived on paper. Your only adventures were make-believe, and while the world fought and kissed, you sat in some dark room masturbating and making money.
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If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it, doesn't it just lie there and rot?
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What if reality is nothing but some disease?
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Have your adventures, make your mistakes, and choose your friends poorly -- all these make for great stories.
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