Chuck Palahniuk

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

My first time I jacked off, I thought I’d invented it. I looked down at my sloppy handful of junk and thought, 'This is going to make me rich'.

This is your life and its ending one moment at a time.

The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.

Every woman is just a different kind of problem.

Sometimes the past seems too big for the present to hold.

I think America is just so in love with conflict.

Parenthood is the opiate of the masses.

You are not a beautiful unique snowflake... This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time.

Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home... it's your responsibility to love it or change it.

Sometimes you do something and you get screwed. Sometimes it's the things you don't do and you get screwed.

There are people out there who will not read books, but somehow they'll read my books.

People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together, and they were scared of being alone.

I am the cause of all my upsets. I am my worst enemy.

The only thing I shy away from is non-consensual violence. I can't write a story where someone is a simple victim because it's boring.

Discovering the 'impossible' ending to a new book makes me sick with joy and relief.

You have a choice. Live or die. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. To be or not to be.

Masochism is a valuable job skill.

Emotionally in our minds we get so filled with resentments, where we've got a story about absolutely everything.

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.