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
animal holocaust survivor
Do you know why most survivors of the Holocaust are vegan? It's because they know what it's like to be treated like an animal.
letting-go trying hitting-bottom
Stop trying to control everything, and just let go..let go
who-we-are world choke
We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are…Or we can decide for ourselves.
sex funeral tragedy
A comedy ends with a wedding, and a tragedy ends with a funeral: you always have to juxtapose sex and death.
one-day literature realizing
You must realize that one day you will die. Until then you are worthless.
girl confused waste
The girl is infectious human waste, and she's confused and afraid to commit to the wrong thing and so she won't commit to anything.
happiness bad-day cutting
The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.
thinking choices trying
Ultimately, everyone is acting out of what they feel is the best choice. In a way, they're all trying to improve the world. And I think that those basic choices make the world a better place.
sometimes terrible happens
Yes, terrible things happen, but sometimes those terrible things- they save you.
delusion dies
We live and we die and anything else is just a delusion.
beautiful stars lying
Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will lie under the stars and listen to your heartbeat, or will stay awake just to watch you sleep...wait for the boy who kisses your forehead, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats, who holds your hand in front of his friends, who thinks you're just as pretty without makeup on. One who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares and how lucky his is to have you....The one who turns to his friends and says, 'that's her.'
greatest-treasure people twenties
I'm really glad that I spent my twenties messing around and having disaster after disaster - with people who were doing likewise - because it's really my greatest treasure now.
past escaping denial
Because after you've crossed some lines, you just keep crossing them. And there's no escaping from constant escape. Distracting ourselves. Avoiding confrontation. Getting past the moment. Jacking off. Television. Denial.
life past hard-times
Your past is just a story. And once you realize this it has no power over you.