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Chuck Palahniuk
Chuck Palahniuk
American Novelist
Born: Feb 21, 1962
Life Me People Think Time You
Related authors: Elie Wiesel Ernest Hemingway H. P. Lovecraft James Baldwin John Updike Leo Rosten Nathaniel Hawthorne Richard Bach
When I visit my brother in South Africa, I order things I've only seen in zoos. Little deers and kudu, all the mammals you would never think of eating. Chuck Palahniuk
You Seen South Africa Think Visit Would Brother Eating Only Never South Mammals Africa Order Little Things Zoo
Portland is quickly becoming one of those lovely, lush Third World countries where kinda-rich people retire with their money. Chuck Palahniuk
People World Money Those Retire Countries Becoming Quickly Where Lovely Portland Lush Third Third World
People said that 'Fight Club' would be impossible to turn into a movie, but I think David Fincher loved that challenge. Chuck Palahniuk
Fight People Impossible Challenge Club Think I Think Would Would-Be David Said Movie Loved Turn Fight Club
Once religion has been dismissed by primarily an intellectual class of people, we lose the really useful social functions of religion... What replaces it might be worse than what we throw away. Chuck Palahniuk
Religion Class People Lose Once Worse Has-Been Throw Primarily Been Intellectual Than Social Might Really Dismissed Useful Functions Away
David Fincher is a genius. Chuck Palahniuk
Genius David
My goal is more to be remembered. They'll remember this thing and like it in the future. The trick is to stay remembered long enough for that to happen. Chuck Palahniuk
Future Remember Long Enough Trick Stay More Remembered Like Goal Happen Thing
I thought 'Fight Club' was great as David Fincher's version. Chuck Palahniuk
Great Fight Thought Club David Version Fight Club
Some of the best ideas I get seem to happen when I'm doing mindless manual labor or exercise. I'm not sure how that happens, but it leaves me free for remarkable ideas to occur. Chuck Palahniuk
Best Me Free Mindless Some Seem Remarkable Ideas Sure Exercise How Occur Leaves Doing Labor Get Happen Happens Manual Manual Labor
Men want to make the best use of time and want to see how something can inform them and give them a stronger sense of power. Chuck Palahniuk
Time Best Men Stronger Power Sense See Give Something Make How Want Inform Them Use
Every decade, we get a stunning collection of dynamic, heartbreaking short stories. In the past, those collections came from Barry Hannah, Mark Richard, and Thom Jones. Chuck Palahniuk
Past Every Mark Thom Those Collection Collections Stunning Came Heartbreaking Decade Get Short Hannah Stories Short Stories In The Past Dynamic Richard Barry
Every time I write something, I think, this is the most offensive thing I will ever write. But no. I always surprise myself. Chuck Palahniuk
Time Myself Will Every Think Every Time I Think I Write Something Write Most Always Surprise Offensive Ever Thing
The world of American politics is more contentious than it has ever been in my lifetime. Chuck Palahniuk
Politics World More Lifetime Been Than American American Politics Ever
I don't know if you ever really feel like you've made it. Chuck Palahniuk
You Made Feel Like Know Really Ever
I want my characters to really overuse their coping mechanisms to the point where they break down within 300 pages. Chuck Palahniuk
Down Characters Point Within Where Want Break Really Pages Mechanisms Coping
My favorite books to give or get are short story collections. And always paperbacks because they are easy to carry as you travel. Chuck Palahniuk
You Travel Books Favorite Carry Collections Easy Give Because Always Get Short Short Story Story
I think in a way, you're doomed, once you can envision something. You're sort of doomed to make it happen. I've found that the moment I can envision leaving a relationship, that's usually the moment that the relationship starts to fall apart. Chuck Palahniuk
Relationship You Fall Think Starts Once I Think Way I Can Something Envision Make Make It Happen Sort Leaving Doomed Happen Apart Moment Found
If we all lived according to the teachings of Jesus Christ, life would be much simpler. Chuck Palahniuk
Life Christ Would Would-Be Simpler According Much Teachings Lived Jesus Jesus Christ
The pretentiousness of literature really annoys me; the way a writer is held as this sort of magical person to be revered on the stage. Everything I do on tour is to try and destroy that pretense. Chuck Palahniuk
Me Try Stage Everything Way Destroy Pretense Magical Writer Tour Annoys Sort Revered Person Literature Held Really
As we grow older I always think, why didn't I do more when I was young, why didn't I risk more? Chuck Palahniuk
Young Older Think Risk More Always Grow Why
One thing I really envy about my friends who have kids is that as their children develop, they're able to revisit their own developmental stages and recognise themselves and undo a lot of things they decided. Chuck Palahniuk
Envy Own Recognise Kids One Thing Able About Develop Developmental Lot Undo Friends Revisit Children Stages Decided Themselves Really Who Thing Things
Writing in public gives you that access to a junkyard of details all around you. Chuck Palahniuk
You Writing Details All-Around Gives Around Access Public
Every woman is just a different kind of problem. Chuck Palahniuk
Woman Problem Every Kind Just Different Different Kind
Emotionally, in our minds, we get so filled with resentments where we've got a story about absolutely everything. Chuck Palahniuk
Our Everything Minds About Absolutely Absolutely Everything Emotionally Got Get Where Story Filled
I think a lot of people saw 'Fight Club' and thought, 'Right, here's our next Che Guevara, here's our next Fidel Castro, here's someone who's going to wave the flag.' And I was like, 'No, it's just a book. And if I beat that drum, if I play that song one more time, I won't have a career.' Chuck Palahniuk
Time Fight Book People Song Thought Club Think Wave Our Saw I Think Someone More Castro Beat Like Drum Lot Flag Going Just Fidel Castro Next Fight Club Play Right Here Career
Few things in life seem more sexy than a banned book. Chuck Palahniuk
Life Book Few Sexy Seem More Than Few Things Banned Things
I was born in 1962, and it seems that throughout my entire life the world has demanded peace but maintained conflict. Chuck Palahniuk
Life Peace Conflict World I Was Born Born Entire Entire Life Seems Throughout Maintained Demanded
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