In a way, a lot of my humor comes from presenting things that are dramatic or shocking and then people not having socially appropriate responses, having people denying the drama by failing to react to it, and that's a really classic form of humor. Chuck Palahniuk classicdenydrama share on social
At the age of 31, I realized, 'Oh my God, I may die like everyone else.' Chuck Palahniuk agediegod Change image and share on social
Meeting authors is kind of the death of the characters. That is always heartbreaking. Chuck Palahniuk authorcharacterdeath Change image and share on social
People said that 'Fight Club' would be impossible to turn into a movie, but I think David Fincher loved that challenge. Chuck Palahniuk challengeclubdavid Change image and share on social
I think in a way, you're doomed, once you can envision something. You're sort of doomed to make it happen. I've found that the moment I can envision leaving a relationship, that's usually the moment that the relationship starts to fall apart. Chuck Palahniuk doomenvisionfall share on social
If you take my stuff apart, you'll find my choruses of repetitions are picked up almost verbatim from Kurt Vonnegut, and my distanced fracture quality is all from Amy Hempel, who's probably my favourite writer. Chuck Palahniuk amychorusdistance share on social
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. Chuck Palahniuk backcampdivorce Change image and share on social
When did the future switch from being a promise to a threat? Chuck Palahniuk futurepromiseswitch Change image and share on social
I live by fallacy. 'If I get enough nice Ikea furniture, I'll be a grown-up.' Then I catch myself. Or, 'If I get off by myself, away from the stress of modern life, I'll be OK.' Then I catch myself. Chuck Palahniuk catchfallacyfurniture Change image and share on social
I've always thought stand-up comedians were the oral storytellers of our time, because they know rhetoric, they know delivery, they know timing, they know all of these things that you can only learn by telling a story out loud and interacting with an audience. Chuck Palahniuk audiencecomediandelivery share on social
