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Chuck Palahniuk

American Novelist

Born: Feb 21, 1962

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A big reason why I started writing is I felt that fiction had stopped evolving. All other entertainments were getting better, constantly, as technology allowed. Movies. Video games. Music. Chuck Palahniuk

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Of the big horror movies of the '70s, you have 'The Omen,' 'The Sentinel,' 'Rosemary's Baby,' 'The Stepford Wives,' 'Burnt Offerings' - these are all romantic fatalist movies where there's a sort of glimmer of hope... but darkness wins. Chuck Palahniuk

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I always thought I'd write when I retired - when I turned 65. Chuck Palahniuk

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While writing, I tend to repeat the same song, endlessly, for thousands of times. This helps me ignore any lyrics, and helps create a consistent mood for each book. Chuck Palahniuk

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Where would Jesus be if no one had written the gospels? Chuck Palahniuk

Would Had No-One Written Gospels Where Jesus

Crap has always happened, crap is happening, and crap will continue to happen. Chuck Palahniuk

Will Always Continue Crap Happen Happened Happening

I'm always trying to reach a transcendent point, a romantic point, but reach it in a really unconventional way, a really profane way. To get to that romantic, touching, heartbreaking place, but through a lot of acts of profanity. Chuck Palahniuk

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I know that I'm going to die and that you're going to die. I can't do anything about that. But I can explore it through a metaphor and make a kind of funny, dark story about it, and in doing so, really exhaust and research as many aspects of it as I can imagine. And in a way, that does give me some closure. Chuck Palahniuk

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My way of being with people is probably incredibly unhealthy, in that I'll be incredibly social, and I won't write a word for maybe a year, and I'll just be with people, going to parties and soaking up stories, and just sort of recharging all of my ideas. Chuck Palahniuk

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We don't see a lot of models for male social interaction. There's sports and barn raisings. Chuck Palahniuk

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I have a lot of money. Chuck Palahniuk

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So much of 'Fight Club' was a rant against fathers. Chuck Palahniuk

Fight Club Fathers Rant Against Much Fight Club

My parents divorced about the same time the movie 'The Parent Trap' came out, about two twins at camp who scheme to get their parents back together. I had that same fantasy. Chuck Palahniuk

My father worked for the railroad, and whenever a train crashed, we would go as a family and steal food from the boxcars. One year we stole a case of butterscotch pudding that was for export to Israel. It took us years to get through. Chuck Palahniuk

My first four books, from 'Fight Club' to 'Choke,' dealt with personal identity issues. The crises the narrators found themselves in were generated by themselves. Chuck Palahniuk

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Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit. Chuck Palahniuk

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The most boring scenes are the scenes where a character is alone. Chuck Palahniuk

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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. Chuck Palahniuk

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The act of writing is a way of tricking yourself into revealing something that you would never consciously put into the world. Sometimes I'm shocked by the deeply personal things I've put into books without realizing it. Chuck Palahniuk

If you start in the pit of despair with these profane, awful things, even a glimmer of hope or awareness is going to occur that's much brighter coming from this dark, awful beginning. Chuck Palahniuk

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I live by fallacy. 'If I get enough nice Ikea furniture, I'll be a grown-up.' Then I catch myself. Or, 'If I get off by myself, away from the stress of modern life, I'll be OK.' Then I catch myself. Chuck Palahniuk

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