American - Novelist | February 21, 1962 -
You hear the best stories from ordinary people. That sense of immediacy is more real to me than a lot of writerly, literary-type crafted stories. I want that immediacy when I read a novel.
Chuck Palahniuk
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There are people out there who will not read books, but somehow they'll read my books.
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It takes a lot to get people talking in airplanes. But once they start talking, you just can't shut them up.
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I'm only confrontational with my friends.
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Every time I write something, I think, this is the most offensive thing I will ever write. But no. I always surprise myself.
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I haven't shoplifted since I was 13.
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I don't do much more than organise other people's ideas and insights and thoughts, and sort of harvest them, and inventory them and present them.
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I take a lot of flak from the counter-establishment for selling out.
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There will always be an underground.
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Any 'artist' makes a living by expressing what others can't - because they're unaware of their feelings, they're too afraid to express those feelings, or they lack the skills to communicate and be understood.
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I am the cause of all my upsets. I am my worst enemy.
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Discovering the 'impossible' ending to a new book makes me sick with joy and relief.
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