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A writer's job is to cultivate what can go wrong. You're always looking for that dramatic arc of where things can fail.
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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