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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. "

Chuck Palahniuk

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" Of the big horror movies of the '70s, you have 'The Omen,' 'The Sentinel,' 'Rosemary's Baby,' 'The Stepford Wives,' 'Burnt Offerings' - these are all romantic fatalist movies where there's a sort of glimmer of hope... but darkness wins. "

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" Portland is quickly becoming one of those lovely, lush Third World countries where kinda-rich people retire with their money. "

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

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" The pretentiousness of literature really annoys me; the way a writer is held as this sort of magical person to be revered on the stage. Everything I do on tour is to try and destroy that pretense. "

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" At the age of 31, I realized, 'Oh my God, I may die like everyone else.' "

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" Reality means you live until you die. The real truth is nobody wants reality. "

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

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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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" 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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