My goal is to create a metaphor that changes our reality by charming people into considering their world in a different way. Chuck Palahniuk charmcreategoal Change image and share on social
I try to forget about the expectation that's out there and the audience listening for the next thing so that I'm not trying to please them. I've spent a huge amount of time not communicating with those folks and denying that they exist. Chuck Palahniuk amountaudiencecommunicate share on social
We're making the same mistakes we made 1,000 years ago. So they must be the right ones. So relax. Chuck Palahniuk 000agomake Change image and share on social
The unreal is more powerful than the real, because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it, because it's only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. Stone crumbles, wood rots. People, well, they die. But things as fragile as a thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on and on. Chuck Palahniuk beliefconceptcrumble share on social
Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified? Chuck Palahniuk appleboreeat Change image and share on social
Every time I write something, I think, this is the most offensive thing I will ever write. But no. I always surprise myself. Chuck Palahniuk offensivesurprisething Change image and share on social
My personal theory is that younger audiences disdain books - not because those readers are dumber than past readers, but because today's reader is smarter. Chuck Palahniuk audiencebookdisdain Change image and share on social
We're so much more likely to feel sympathy for an animal than another person; thus, the best fiction uses animals to define truly humane behavior. Chuck Palahniuk animalbehaviordefine Change image and share on social
My way of being with people is probably incredibly unhealthy, in that I'll be incredibly social, and I won't write a word for maybe a year, and I'll just be with people, going to parties and soaking up stories, and just sort of recharging all of my ideas. Chuck Palahniuk ideaincrediblyparty share on social
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 dozengrandmahundred Change image and share on social