Quotes from Chuck Palahniuk

Minimalism seems closest to the sophisticated storytelling of movies. Movies have really educated contemporary audiences to be the most intelligent, sophisticated audiences in history. We don't any longer need to have the relationship between one scene and the next explained. We will figure it out ourselves.

Fiction is no longer the dominant storytelling device of our time. In the 19th century it worked great, and fiction was the king, but it's not the king any more.

At the age of 31, I realized, 'Oh my God, I may die like everyone else.'

It's not living alone if you keep a rifle under the bed.

and i can't stand the idea of being alone. i can't bear the thought of being free.

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.

We're so much more likely to feel sympathy for an animal than another person; thus, the best fiction uses animals to define truly humane behavior.

Masochism is a valuable job skill.

Anytime my work can coax bodily fluids out of someone, I'm happy.

Going to work just looked crazy. Eating another meal, ever, made about as much sense as planting tulip bulbs in the shadow of a falling atom bomb.

When I see people talking on the internet about me or my work it's almost always more a description of themselves and so I never really think of myself as anything more than just who I always was.

With a book, you're guaranteed the audience has a certain skill level and that the audience has to make an ongoing effort to consume this product and that the project is being consumed by just one person at a time. I really want to play to that strength because it's one of the few advantages books still have.

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.

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.

Maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.

You can tell a more over-the-top incredible story if you use a nonfiction form.

I try to get centered: Watching white moon face The stars never feel anger Blah, blah, blah, the end

It's easy to attack and destroy an act of creation. It's a lot more difficult to perform one.

You'll need to suffer to make any real art.

Weather today is an increasing trend toward denial.

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

I admire addicts. In a world where everybody is waiting for some bline, random disaster, or some sudden disease, the addict has the comfort of knowing what will most likely wait for him down the road. He's taken some control over his ultimate fate, and his addiction keeps the cause of death from being a total surprise.

On a large enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.

Las Vegas looks the way you'd imagine heaven must look at night.