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.

It seems that so much writing is being done in the nineteenth-century model, where every connection has to be thoroughly explained.

It seems that so much writing is being done in the nineteenth-century model, where every connection has to be thoroughly explained.

Chuck Palahniuk

When I was little, my grandma used to get romance novels, and she would get hundreds of these, and she'd read a dozen a month.

When I was little, my grandma used to get romance novels, and she would get hundreds of these, and she'd read a dozen a month.

Chuck Palahniuk

You realize you have no control over how you're perceived.

You realize you have no control over how you're perceived.

Chuck Palahniuk

When I first used to tour, guys would come up and say, 'Where's the fight club in my area?' and I would say, 'There isn't one.' And they'd say, 'No, no, you can tell me, you can tell me.'

When I first used to tour, guys would come up and say, 'Where's the fight club in my area?' and I would say, 'There isn't one.' And they'd say, 'No, no, you can tell me, you can tell me.'

Chuck Palahniuk

I think a lot of people saw 'Fight Club' and thought, 'Right, here's our next Che Guevara, here's our next Fidel Castro, here's someone who's going to wave the flag.' And I was like, 'No, it's just a book. And if I beat that drum, if I play that song one more time, I won't have a career.'

Chuck Palahniuk

I used to work in a funeral home to feel good about myself, just the fact that I was breathing.

I used to work in a funeral home to feel good about myself, just the fact that I was breathing.

Chuck Palahniuk

You must realize that one day you will die. Until then you are worthless.

You must realize that one day you will die. Until then you are worthless.

Chuck Palahniuk

If you knew that your life was merely a phase or short, short segment of your entire existence, how would you live? Knowing nothing 'real' was at risk, what would you do? You'd live a gigantic, bold, fun, dazzling life. You know you would. That's what the ghosts want us to do - all the exciting things they no longer can.

Chuck Palahniuk

I don't know if you ever really feel like you've made it.

I don't know if you ever really feel like you've made it.

Chuck Palahniuk

I really love idiot, enlightened characters - these characters who fail to engage with the drama of their immediate circumstances; they fail to be reactive and enrolled by drama as it happens around them.

Chuck Palahniuk

Copyright © Softland 2016-2026. All rights reserved.