American - Novelist | February 21, 1962 -
Sometimes you do something, and you get screwed. Sometimes it's the things you don't do, and you get screwed.
Chuck Palahniuk
YouSometimesThingsSomethingGet
The best fights don't occur between strangers. They occur between friends who trust each other.
TrustBestFriendsStrangersBetween
I wanted to write about the moment when your addictions no longer hide the truth from you. When your whole life breaks down. That's the moment when you have to somehow choose what your life is going to be about.
LifeTruthMomentYouChooseHide
Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?
HappinessEatingAppleGardenBoring
We are not special. We are not crap or trash, either. We just are. We just are, and what happens just happens.
TrashSpecialJustHappensCrap
Portland in particular is a cheap enough place to live that you can still develop your passion - painting, writing, music. People seem less status-conscious. Even wealthy people buy second-hand clothes and look a little bit homeless.
LiveMusicPassionPeoplePainting
I live by fallacy. 'If I get enough nice Ikea furniture, I'll be a grown-up.' Then I catch myself. Or, 'If I get off by myself, away from the stress of modern life, I'll be OK.' Then I catch myself.
LifeLiveMyselfStressEnoughNice
I just don't want to die without a few scars.
DieScarsWantWithoutJustFew
The first step to eternal life is you have to die.
LifeStepFirst StepDieYouFirst
My first four books, from 'Fight Club' to 'Choke,' dealt with personal identity issues. The crises the narrators found themselves in were generated by themselves.
FightIdentityPersonalFirstClub
My father worked for the railroad, and whenever a train crashed, we would go as a family and steal food from the boxcars. One year we stole a case of butterscotch pudding that was for export to Israel. It took us years to get through.
FamilyFatherFoodYearTrainGo
My private history in terms of people in my life who are dead is very easy to discuss. I don't feel those people can be threatened or intruded upon now. But I am enormously protective of the people who are currently in my life, my existing friends and family. That is where the curtain is drawn.
LifeFamilyHistoryI AmPeople
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Chuck Palahniuk quotes