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My books are more about people experimenting with different identities and social models in a short-term way before they can break through to something authentic.

Chuck Palahniuk

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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
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Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People will be happy to give up most of their culture for the assurance that the tiny bit that comes through is safe and clean. White noise.
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You're not getting this back you know. Consider it an asshole tax.
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We're the culture that cried wolf.
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I say never be complete, I say stop being perfect, I say let... lets evolve, let the chips fall where they may.
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Am I sleeping? Have I slept at all? This is insomnia.
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And the seventh rule is if this is your first night at fight club, you have to fight.
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Listen up. Rant would tell people: ‘You’re a different human being to everybody you meet.’ Sometimes Rant said, ‘You only ever is in the eyes of other folks.’ If you were going to carve a quote on his grave, his favorite saying was: ‘The future you have tomorrow won’t be the same future you had yesterday.
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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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Every time we burn a gallon of gas or an acre of rain forest, aren't we killing the future to preserve the present?
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Tyler gets me a job as a waiter, after that Tyler's pushing a gun in my mouth and saying, the first step to eternal life is you have to die.
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Because I can't hit bottom, I can't be saved.
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Regret, Daisy knew, was the only confirmation of a well-lived life. If you didn't occasionally go too far, you weren't going anywhere.
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I haven't shoplifted since I was 13.
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Everyone thinks their whole life should be at least as much fun as masturbation.
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Do you remember when you were 10 or 11 years old and you really thought your folks were the best? They were completely omniscient and you took their word for everything. And then you got older and you went through this hideous age when suddenly they were the devil, they were bullies, and they didn't know anything.
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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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Tyler's words coming out of my mouth. I used to be such a nice person.
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