Chuck Palahniuk

I disconnect the telephone to keep the outside world in it’s correct place.

Chuck Palahniuk

I don’t care what they do with my book so long as the flippin check clears.

Chuck Palahniuk

I spend most of my life just listening to people.

Chuck Palahniuk

I spent my life attacking everything because I was too afraid to risk creating anything.

Chuck Palahniuk

I try to tell a story the way someone would tell you a story in a bar, with the same kind of timing and pacing.

Chuck Palahniuk

I wouldn’t get nearly as many books written if I lived in New York. The Columbia Gorge is fantastic. When the sun shines, I just want to be outdoors.

Chuck Palahniuk

I write because it’s a way of presenting something without having to be there.

Chuck Palahniuk

I write compulsively. I’ve got so many ideas, and I love to do it so much, I can’t not do it. I write the way some people do drugs.

Chuck Palahniuk

I’m fascinated by the whole issue of arousal addiction, which seems to be mostly a problem for young men.

Chuck Palahniuk

I’m living the life I love, I tell myself, and loving the life I live. I tell myself: I deserved this. This is exactly what I wanted.

Chuck Palahniuk