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" You can tell a more over-the-top incredible story if you use a nonfiction form. "
Chuck Palahniuk
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" 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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" The bright future is that readers are accepting more varied forms of stories. "
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" We kind of deny the stages of life. "
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" Discovering the 'impossible' ending to a new book makes me sick with joy and relief. "
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" I wouldn't get nearly as many books written if I lived in New York. The Columbia Gorge is fantastic. When the sun shines, I just want to be outdoors. "
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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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" Mr. Olsen in the fifth grade made me want to be a writer. He said, 'Chuck, you do this really well. And this is much better than setting fires, so keep it up.' That made me a writer. "
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" Some of the best ideas I get seem to happen when I'm doing mindless manual labor or exercise. I'm not sure how that happens, but it leaves me free for remarkable ideas to occur. "
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" We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. "
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" My books are all fantastically sentimental. "
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" At the age of 31, I realized, 'Oh my God, I may die like everyone else.' "
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" Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives. "
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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. "
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" It takes a lot to get people talking in airplanes. But once they start talking, you just can't shut them up. "
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" You are not a beautiful, unique snowflake... This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time. "
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" The best thing about getting a flu shot is that you never again need to wash your hands. That's how I see it. "
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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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" 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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" What is the real purpose behind the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus? They seem like greater steps toward faith and imagination, each with a payoff. Like cognitive training exercises. "
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" For me, writing is a kind of coping mechanism. "
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" The best fights don't occur between strangers. They occur between friends who trust each other. "
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" Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct. "
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" I don't know if you ever really feel like you've made it. "
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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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" If nothing else, there's comfort in recognising that no matter how much we fail and sin, death will limit our suffering. "
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" Do you remember when you were 10 or 11 years old and you really thought your folks were the best? They were completely omniscient and you took their word for everything. And then you got older and you went through this hideous age when suddenly they were the devil, they were bullies, and they didn't know anything. "
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" The young men, they look to me for a story they can get nowhere else, a challenging risky story. "
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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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