Top 241 Quotes by Chuck Palahniuk

About Chuck Palahniuk

These are some quotes by American author Chuck Palahniuk Novelist, who was born on February 21, 1961.

The first step to eternal life is you have to die.

The first step to eternal life is you have to die.

Chuck Palahniuk

The folks who read my books are so passionate about each one of them that the people making my movies are more afraid of my readership than they are of me.

The folks who read my books are so passionate about each one of them that the people making my movies are more afraid of my readership than they are of me.

Chuck Palahniuk

It takes a lot to get people talking in airplanes. But once they start talking, you just can't shut them up.

It takes a lot to get people talking in airplanes. But once they start talking, you just can't shut them up.

Chuck Palahniuk

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.

Chuck Palahniuk

A short story is something that you can hold in your mind. You can really analyze how the entire thing works, like a machine.

A short story is something that you can hold in your mind. You can really analyze how the entire thing works, like a machine.

Chuck Palahniuk

If anything I try to write something that would be more difficult to film. I tend to see film as competition and would like instead to do what books do best.

If anything I try to write something that would be more difficult to film. I tend to see film as competition and would like instead to do what books do best.

Chuck Palahniuk

David Fincher is a genius.

David Fincher is a genius.

Chuck Palahniuk

Meeting authors is kind of the death of the characters. That is always heartbreaking.

Meeting authors is kind of the death of the characters. That is always heartbreaking.

Chuck Palahniuk

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

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

Chuck Palahniuk

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

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

Chuck Palahniuk

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