Chuck Palahniuk

Folks build a reputation by attacking you while you’re alive – or praising you after you ain’t.

Chuck Palahniuk

Have your adventures, make your mistakes, and choose your friends poorly – all these make for great stories.

Chuck Palahniuk

I just don’t want to die without a few scars.

Chuck Palahniuk

I need to rebel against myself. It’s the opposite of following your bliss. I need to do what I most fear.

Chuck Palahniuk

I write in a noisy, distracting world so the books can be read there.

Chuck Palahniuk

I’m working harder than I have ever worked in my entire life, but what the hell, my life is my job now, and my job is my life and that’s the way it should be.

Chuck Palahniuk

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everybody I’ve ever known.

Chuck Palahniuk

The things you own end up owning you.

Chuck Palahniuk

The world can be a lot bet­ter than we set­tle for. All you have to do is ask.

Chuck Palahniuk

We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

Chuck Palahniuk