Some of the best ideas I get seem to happen when Im doing mindless manual labor or exercise. Im not sure how that happens, but it leaves me free for remarkable ideas to occur. – Chuck Palahniuk
Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified? – Chuck Palahniuk
I think in a way, youre doomed, once you can envision something. Youre sort of doomed to make it happen. Ive found that the moment I can envision leaving a relationship, thats usually the moment that the relationship starts to fall apart. – 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