Chuck Palahniuk

My characters tend to be more dynamic because they're reaching that point in their lives where their old way of being is breaking down. They're conflicted by the idea that they don't know what's next. You could call it Kierkegaard's leap of faith, when you get tired of sort of reinventing yourself on a very superficial level. ”

It seems that so much writing is being done in the nineteenth-century model, where every connection has to be thoroughly explained. ”

I wouldn't get nearly as many books written if I lived in New York. The Columbia Gorge is fantastic. When the sun shines, I just want to be outdoors. ”

I used to work as a volunteer in a hospice, but I don't have any nursing skills or cooking skills or anything, so I was what they call an escort. I would take people to the support groups every night, and I would have to sit sort of on the sidelines so I could take them back to hospice at the end of the meeting. ”

If we all lived according to the teachings of Jesus Christ, life would be much simpler. ”

Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have left of our education. ”

Maybe humans are just the pet alligators that God flushed down the toilet. ”

When the 'Fight Club' movie was going into production, I quit my job so I could write full-time. ”

When I first started writing, it was me alone with a computer in my apartment. I hated the time away from other people, and my writing sucked. Now I have a laptop; I can do the most tedious part of my job in a public place. ”

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