Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

Sometimes, like in 'Invisible Monsters,' I get too out of control, and instead of a plot point every chapter, I want a plot point in every sentence.

Chuck Palahniuk

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ControlChapterSometimesWantOut

I'm really not a clothes person. To me, that's just work. It's the thing I hate to do the most. I don't want to be judged in that way.

Jodie Foster

WorkHateMeClothesPersonWant

I did my holy communion, and it was amazing how quickly the stories of the Bible and God and Jesus got under my skin.

Joel Edgerton

GodAmazingBibleSkinCommunion

With my luck, if I ever invested in General Motors, they'd bust it to Corporal!

Robert Orben

LuckGeneralCorporalGeneral Motors

When I was 16, the first book I ever actually purchased with my own money, in fact, and had read on my own time was 'Hunt for Red October' by Tom Clancy.

Max Brooks

TimeMoneyRedBookMy OwnFirst

Every thriller needs a good bad guy; without a bad guy, there's no thriller.

Michael Eklund

GoodBadBad GuyWithoutGuyNeeds

You can't have a world where 50 percent of the people are dieting and 50 percent of the people are starving if you want stability.

John Shelby Spong

PeopleWorldYouWantStability

My hope is that the 21st century will be the first century where there will be no violation of human rights, and to that end, Japan would like to do our outmost.

Shinzo Abe

HopeEndWillHumanFirstRights

I'm glad that it was so physical and so isolated.

Toni Collette

GladPhysicalIsolated

Glorious as it had been, the city-state was obsolete.

Robert A. Dahl

BeenGloriousObsoleteHad

Personally, I experience success when I enjoy what I'm doing. I love the creative process, even if the end result isn't embraced by anyone else.

RuPaul

LoveSuccessExperienceCreativeEnd

I learned from both my parents that you had to be clever.

Mikhail Prokhorov

ParentsYouCleverLearnedBothHad

Fiction is a very powerful tool for teaching history. The Philippines was the first Iraq, the first Vietnam, the first Afghanistan, in the sense that it was the United States' initial or baptismal experience in nation-building.

Miguel Syjuco

HistoryExperiencePowerfulFirst

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