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" My stories always have these twisted happy endings, and the boy always gets the girl. "

Chuck Palahniuk

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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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" When I visit my brother in South Africa, I order things I've only seen in zoos. Little deers and kudu, all the mammals you would never think of eating. "

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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. "

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" There's a moment in every book when the book turns and it surprises me. "

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" I don't care what they do with my book so long as the flippin check clears. "

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" As we grow older I always think, why didn't I do more when I was young, why didn't I risk more? "

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" Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home... it's your responsibility to love it, or change it. "

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" My characters tend to be more dynamic because they're reaching that point in their lives where their old way of being is breaking down. They're conflicted by the idea that they don't know what's next. You could call it Kierkegaard's leap of faith, when you get tired of sort of reinventing yourself on a very superficial level. "

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" Jack Palance was my distant uncle - that's the family gossip. Growing up, my family knew everything about his face getting burned and scarred in the military and how that mutilation led him to become such a famous 'heavy' in films. I prayed for good scars of my own. Not just acne scars. "

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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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" Movie brawls tend to be bloodless and quick. "

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" I think a lot of people saw 'Fight Club' and thought, 'Right, here's our next Che Guevara, here's our next Fidel Castro, here's someone who's going to wave the flag.' And I was like, 'No, it's just a book. And if I beat that drum, if I play that song one more time, I won't have a career.' "

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" I just don't want to die without a few scars. "

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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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