Chuck Palahniuk
Chuck Palahniuk
Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniukis an American novelist and freelance journalist, who describes his work as transgressional fiction. He is the author of the award-winning novel Fight Club, which also was made into an acclaimed film of the same name...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth21 February 1962
CityPasco, WA
CountryUnited States of America
here-i-am good-as-it-gets
So here I am. This is as good as it gets. Take it or leave it.
world asks
The world can be a lot better than we settle for. All you have to do is ask.
things-you-love dies knows
The only thing I know is everything you love will die.
procrastination way reincarnation
If you ask me, reincarnation is just another way to procrastinate.
fun thinking masturbation
Everyone thinks their whole life should be at least as much fun as masturbation.
writing looks retrospect
So this is why I write. Because most times, your life isn’t funny the first time through. Most times, you can hardly stand it. That’s why I write, because life never works except in retrospect. And writing makes you look back. Because since you can’t control life, at least you can control your version.
mind machines stories
A short story is something that you can hold in your mind. You can really analyze how the entire thing works, like a machine
blind stealing photograph
Somehow it seems wrong to photograph a blind person. It’s like stealing something valuable they don’t even know they own.
dream jobs kids
As a lower-class kid, I was raised to think success would be owning stuff. Having that great job, too. Now I find my parents' dream was wrong. You never really own anything. And you're never really finished as a person.
regret confirmation daisies
Regret, Daisy knew, was the only confirmation of a well-lived life. If you didn't occasionally go too far, you weren't going anywhere.
love-is skills
Love is a skill you learn.
emotional weather today
Just for the record, the weather today is increasing turmoil with a possible physical and emotional breakdown.
energy exhausting
It's exhausting, the energy it takes to unknow a truth.
want whole-life anesthetics
I want my whole life lined with a topical anesthetic.