In my family, we can't just sit and be together. We have to be shelling peas or husking corn or something. A larger task. Some way of being with people. Chuck Palahniuk cornfamilyhusk Change image and share on social
Most novels, I find, are three times longer than they need to be. Very little happens, and I don't want to waste my time with them. Chuck Palahniuk findlongnovel Change image and share on social
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. Chuck Palahniuk bitebuycheap share on social
Sundays tend to be a day where just I do nothing but visit people. It's kind of like trick-or-treating. Chuck Palahniuk daykindpeople Change image and share on social
Verbs allow you to communicate a story in a much more converged or involuntary way for a reader. The verbs allow you to come in under the radar, below people's defenses. Chuck Palahniuk communicateconvergedefense Change image and share on social
The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up. Chuck Palahniuk bigcloseforget Change image and share on social
More and more, it feels like I'm doing a really bad impersonation of myself. Chuck Palahniuk badfeltimpersonation Change image and share on social
I'm always trying to reach a transcendent point, a romantic point, but reach it in a really unconventional way, a really profane way. To get to that romantic, touching, heartbreaking place, but through a lot of acts of profanity. Chuck Palahniuk actheartbreakinglot share on social
I don't do much more than organise other people's ideas and insights and thoughts, and sort of harvest them, and inventory them and present them. Chuck Palahniuk harvestideainsight Change image and share on social
To merely observe your culture without contributing to it seems very close to existing as a ghost. Chuck Palahniuk closecontributeculture Change image and share on social
