Quotes About Chuck Palahniuk

I have a lot of fans who are in the prison system, where ramen noodles are a kind of staple. Prisoners are always sending me recipes.

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.

The only thing I shy away from is non-consensual violence. I can't write a story where someone is a simple victim because it's boring.

Love is bullsh... Emotion is bullsh... I am a rock. A jerk. I'm an uncaring asshole and proud of it.

For example, if she joined the book club — there was always a book club — and hung out with them, her choice of guys would be limited to the dark and moody Chuck Palahniuk/Kurt Vonnegut/Life-Sucks-and-Then-You-Die brooders.