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A comedy ends with a wedding, and a tragedy ends with a funeral: you always have to juxtapose sex and death.

Chuck Palahniuk

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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Pasco
Washington
Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
Ends
Always
Juxtapose
Funeral
Wedding
Tragedy
Sex
Comedy
Death

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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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A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.
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