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" Men want to make the best use of time and want to see how something can inform them and give them a stronger sense of power. "

Chuck Palahniuk

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

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" Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype, from Holly Golightly re-inventing herself in 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' to Jay Gatsby in 'The Great Gatsby.' It seems like the sort of archetypal American issue. If you're given the freedom to be anything, or be anyone, what do you do with it? "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" People said that 'Fight Club' would be impossible to turn into a movie, but I think David Fincher loved that challenge. "

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" The bright future is that readers are accepting more varied forms of stories. "

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" I always thought I'd write when I retired - when I turned 65. "

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" Writing in public gives you that access to a junkyard of details all around you. "

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" I dread the promotion part of my job. It's agony, especially compared to the private, at-home joy of writing. But being a grown-up means doing every part of the larger task. "

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" In almost all my work, I try to re-invent Christian images and stories and themes. You'd be amazed by the letters I get from young Christians who recognise this and enjoy it. "

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" For me, writing is a kind of coping mechanism. "

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" Men are destroyed for being rebellious, and women destroy themselves by failing to be rebellious. Unless you can make that next jump to either getting along with people or resisting people, you are ultimately destroying yourself. "

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" Fiction is no longer the dominant storytelling device of our time. In the 19th century it worked great, and fiction was the king, but it's not the king any more. "

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" My parents divorced about the same time the movie 'The Parent Trap' came out, about two twins at camp who scheme to get their parents back together. I had that same fantasy. "

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" A good story should make you laugh, and a moment later break your heart. "

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" My only writing ritual is to shave my head bald between writing the first and second drafts of a book. If I can throw away all my hair, then I have the freedom to trash any part of the book on the next rewrite. "

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" My best advice for writers is: Have your adventures, make your mistakes, and choose your friends poorly - all these make for great stories. "

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" 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.' "

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" I've always thought stand-up comedians were the oral storytellers of our time, because they know rhetoric, they know delivery, they know timing, they know all of these things that you can only learn by telling a story out loud and interacting with an audience. "

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