I’m really glad that
I’m really glad that I spent my twenties messing around and having disaster after disaster – with people who were doing likewise – because it’s really my greatest treasure now. Chuck Palahniuk
Chuck Palahniuk
Every character sees the
Every character sees the world through a framework of education and experience that they’re proud experts about. To write a character, find out what they know best, and THEN you’ll know how they’ll describe a hot day. Or a pretty girl. Chuck Palahniuk
It’s interesting because when
It’s interesting because when David Fincher was making Fight Club, he said, It’s a romance. And it really is. Almost everything I ever write is just a romance. And that needed to be sort of pointed up at the end of Fight Club. The film has a very different ending than the book does. Chuck … Read more
The only place where
The only place where you can really surprise or shock the reader, or make someone laugh, is on the lower righthand corner – the very last panel – so as you turn the page, the payoff is in the upper lefthand panel. To pace every story so that there’s a setup and a payoff at … Read more
Everybody’s still miserable in
Everybody’s still miserable in the same way they’ve always been miserable, and more and more of my friends – especially my male friends – find themselves taking anti-anxiety, psychotropic drugs. It seems like everybody I know is wondering if they’re really who they are, or once the prescription runs out, will they become someone different? … Read more
I am a writer
I am a writer and the greatest compliment I can get is to know that I’ve contributed language to the culture, that I’ve defined something, given it a name. So I think that is one of the great things a writer can do. Chuck Palahniuk
There is a social
There is a social contract in Fight Club and in Choke where the protagonist has deceived a whole bunch of people. In Choke it’s all of these people who think that they’ve saved his life, and really care about him because they’ve embraced him and they’ve been his saviors. In Fight Club it’s all of … Read more
Ultimately, everyone is acting
Ultimately, everyone is acting out of what they feel is the best choice. In a way, they’re all trying to improve the world. And I think that those basic choices make the world a better place. Chuck Palahniuk
I remember selling my
I remember selling my first short story and thinking, Oh my god, I sold something for fifty dollars! That gives me the authority to say I’m a writer and to actually write more things! It legitimized the activity. Chuck Palahniuk
I write because it’s
I write because it’s a way of presenting something without having to be there. Chuck Palahniuk