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
future promise literature
When did the future switch from being a promise to a threat?
giving-up addiction tough
Hope is something really tough and tenacious you have to give up. It’s an addiction to break.
past your-future our-future
You can't base your life on the past or the present. You have to tell me about your future.
blood looks hello
HELLO! Look at me. HELLO! I am so ZEN. This is BLOOD. This is NOTHING. Hello. Everything is nothing, and it's so cool to be ENLIGHTENED. Like me.
people stories might
My life has been about living like a monk and looking like a priest so that people will come up to me and tell me their most appalling stories. They have to make their confession to somebody, and it might as well be me.
life death suicide
You have a choice. Live or die. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. To be or not to be.
resolution ifs
If you flee from the things you fear, there's no resolution.
people silence needs
We come from a generation of people who need their TV or stereo playing all the time. These people so scared of silence. These soundaholics, these quietophobics.
inspirational fighting settling
Until you find something to fight for, you settle for something to fight against.
men issues addiction
I'm fascinated by the whole issue of arousal addiction, which seems to be mostly a problem for young men.
hate monsters self-loathing
When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.
stupid smart teaching
We thought all this teaching was to make us smart. What it did was make us stupid. With all the little facts we learned, we never had the time to think.
equal spectators everyone-is-equal
Everyone is equal and everyone is forced to participate; you can't just be a spectator.
death wisdom zero
On a long enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.