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" I'm trying to make order out of chaos, trying to find some way of rationalising the horrific things that people do or the way the world is. "
Chuck Palahniuk
Trying
Find
Chaos
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" I have a lot of money. "
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" I haven't shoplifted since I was 13. "
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" I tell everyone I interact with what I'm working on and let them bring me anecdotes that illustrate my themes. "
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" You must realize that one day you will die. Until then you are worthless. "
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" My grandfather was hit over the head by a crane boom in Seattle. Some of the family claimed he was never a violent, crazy person before that. Some say he was. It depends who you believe. "
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" If you start in the pit of despair with these profane, awful things, even a glimmer of hope or awareness is going to occur that's much brighter coming from this dark, awful beginning. "
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Going
" My parents used to fight a lot, and I think they fought a lot at night, and they would turn the television up to hide the sound of their fighting. "
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Parents
" I usually write in my kitchen, which is a large, octagonal room that looks into woods - three big windows look out into the trees. "
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Woods
Three
" I believe in something. But I don't believe that anything can hold a grudge for long enough to condemn its creation to eternal punishment. Nobody can hold a grudge that long, even God. "
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Creation
Believe
God
" 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. "
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Sometimes
Want
Control
" To be honest, I hate silence. "
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Hate
Silence
" Sometimes the very best way to deal with unpleasant things is to depict them in ways that allow people to laugh at them and destroy the power of unsayable things, rather than refusing to acknowledge them. "
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Laugh
Best
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Head
Invisible
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Live
" Minimalism seems closest to the sophisticated storytelling of movies. Movies have really educated contemporary audiences to be the most intelligent, sophisticated audiences in history. We don't any longer need to have the relationship between one scene and the next explained. We will figure it out ourselves. "
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" One thing I really envy about my friends who have kids is that as their children develop, they're able to revisit their own developmental stages and recognise themselves and undo a lot of things they decided. "
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Want
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