I try to forget about the expectation thats out there and the audience listening for the next thing so that Im not trying to please them. Ive spent a huge amount of time not communicating with those folks and denying that they exist. – Chuck Palahniuk
Reality means you live until you die. The real truth is nobody wants reality. – Chuck Palahniuk
You hear the best stories from ordinary people. That sense of immediacy is more real to me than a lot of writerly, literary-type crafted stories. I want that immediacy when I read a novel. – Chuck Palahniuk
If you start in the pit of despair with these profane, awful things, even a glimmer of hope or awareness is going to occur thats much brighter coming from this dark, awful beginning. – Chuck Palahniuk