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" My goal is to create a metaphor that changes our reality by charming people into considering their world in a different way. "

Chuck Palahniuk

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" 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. "

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" I never think I'm making fun of my culture. In fact I'm making fun of myself, because I catch myself doing some very stupid things. "

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" It's funny how you never think about the women you've had. It's always the ones who get away that you can't forget. "

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" I like to get people moving and jumping. I think it's good to add more emotion and chaos. "

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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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" 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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" My first four books, from 'Fight Club' to 'Choke,' dealt with personal identity issues. The crises the narrators found themselves in were generated by themselves. "

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" I haven't shoplifted since I was 13. "

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" I used to work as a volunteer in a hospice, but I don't have any nursing skills or cooking skills or anything, so I was what they call an escort. I would take people to the support groups every night, and I would have to sit sort of on the sidelines so I could take them back to hospice at the end of the meeting. "

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" To merely observe your culture without contributing to it seems very close to existing as a ghost. "

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" We kind of deny the stages of life. "

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" Masochism is a valuable job skill. "

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" If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character, would you slow down? Or speed up? "

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" My favorite books to give or get are short story collections. And always paperbacks because they are easy to carry as you travel. "

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" 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. "

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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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" The only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage. "

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" 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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" 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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" I try to tell a story the way someone would tell you a story in a bar, with the same kind of timing and pacing. "

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" Where would Jesus be if no one had written the gospels? "

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" I love the power of words - no music or special effects - and I want to demonstrate that power. "

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" People would ask me to autograph their bodies and then the next time I'd see them on tour they'd have my autograph tattooed. I decided I wouldn't write on people anymore, but I'd give them arms and legs and if they wanted those autographed I'd do that. "

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" If anything I try to write something that would be more difficult to film. I tend to see film as competition and would like instead to do what books do best. "

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" Few things in life seem more sexy than a banned book. "

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" Find out what you're afraid of and go live there. "

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" Every author has to eventually write a food book. "

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" Once religion has been dismissed by primarily an intellectual class of people, we lose the really useful social functions of religion... What replaces it might be worse than what we throw away. "

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" A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection. "

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