American - Novelist | February 21, 1962 -
My parents used to fight a lot, and I think they fought a lot at night, and they would turn the television up to hide the sound of their fighting.
Chuck Palahniuk
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Fiction is no longer the dominant storytelling device of our time. In the 19th century it worked great, and fiction was the king, but it's not the king any more.
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Most novels, I find, are three times longer than they need to be. Very little happens, and I don't want to waste my time with them.
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I never think I'm making fun of my culture. In fact I'm making fun of myself, because I catch myself doing some very stupid things.
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'At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom' by Amy Hempel showed me the lean quality of prose.
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To be honest, I hate silence.
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So much of 'Fight Club' was a rant against fathers.
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For me, writing is a kind of coping mechanism.
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I've always been very curious about fringe cultures where people temporarily adopt a different social model or way of presenting themselves.
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The pretentiousness of literature really annoys me; the way a writer is held as this sort of magical person to be revered on the stage. Everything I do on tour is to try and destroy that pretense.
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The third person allows characters to really attack themselves. We all do this - attack ourselves - every hour of our lives.
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Since September 11, 2001, the real world has become too scary for a lot of people to be with - all the time.
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