Quotes By Chuck Palahniuk

Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have left of our education.

Reality means you live until you die. The real truth is nobody wants reality.

People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.

People would ask me to autograph their bodies and then the next time I'd see them on tour they'd have my autograph tattooed. I decided I wouldn't write on people anymore, but I'd give them arms and legs and if they wanted those autographed I'd do that.

What I'm always trying to do with every book is to recreate the effect of the stories we heard as children in front of campfires and fireplaces - the ghost stories that engaged us.

Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism.

You must realize that one day you will die. Until then you are worthless.

Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit.