Chuck Palahniuk

A good story should make you laugh, and a moment later break your heart.

Chuck Palahniuk

Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy sh*t we don’t need.

Chuck Palahniuk

Anything you can aquire is only another thing you’ll lose.

Chuck Palahniuk

As a lower-class kid, I was raised to think success would be owning stuff. Having that great job, too. Now I find my parents’ dream was wrong. You never really own anything. And you’re never really finished as a person.

Chuck Palahniuk

As an artist you organize your life so that you get a chance to paint, a window of time, but that’s no guarantee you’ll create anything worth all your effort. You’re always haunted by the idea you’re wasting your life.

Chuck Palahniuk

As the stupidest person in the room, I always had the most to gain.

Chuck Palahniuk

As we grow older I always think, why didn’t I do more when I was young, why didn’t I risk more?

Chuck Palahniuk

Control the things you can control. As for the rest – God bless it all.

Chuck Palahniuk

Everyone is equal and everyone is forced to participate; you can’t just be a spectator.

Chuck Palahniuk

First your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you their life.

Chuck Palahniuk