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Few things in life seem more sexy than a banned book.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Banned Book Few Few Things Life More Seem Sexy Than Things

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Sometimes, like in 'Invisible Monsters,' I get too out of control, and instead of a plot point every chapter, I want a plot point in every sentence.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Chapter Control Every Get Instead Invisible Like Monsters Out Plot Point Sentence Sometimes Too Want

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In books, you can just wallow in dialogue, and you can just wallow in written words. In screenplays, every line has to serve the purpose of the line that's implied before it and the line that's implied after it. Maybe five lines have to do the work of fifty lines.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: After Before Books Dialogue Every Fifty Five Implied Just Line Lines Maybe Purpose Screenplays Serve Wallow Words Work Written You

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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

Topics: Anything Dream Find Finished Great Great Job Having Job Kid Never Now Own Owning Parents Person Raised Really Stuff Success Think Too Would Wrong You I Was Raised

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In a way, a lot of my humor comes from presenting things that are dramatic or shocking and then people not having socially appropriate responses, having people denying the drama by failing to react to it, and that's a really classic form of humor.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Appropriate Classic Denying Drama Dramatic Failing Form Having Humor Lot People Presenting React Really Responses Shocking Socially Then Things Way

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I know that I'm going to die and that you're going to die. I can't do anything about that. But I can explore it through a metaphor and make a kind of funny, dark story about it, and in doing so, really exhaust and research as many aspects of it as I can imagine. And in a way, that does give me some closure.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: About Anything Aspects Closure Dark Die Does Doing Exhaust Explore Funny Give Give Me Going Imagine Kind Know Make Many Me Metaphor Really Research Some Story Through Way You I Can

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Jack Palance was my distant uncle - that's the family gossip. Growing up, my family knew everything about his face getting burned and scarred in the military and how that mutilation led him to become such a famous 'heavy' in films. I prayed for good scars of my own. Not just acne scars.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: About Acne Become Burned Distant Everything Face Family Famous Films Getting Good Gossip Growing Growing Up Heavy Him His How Jack Just Knew Led Military My Own Own Prayed Scars Uncle Up

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I've got two dogs; they're Boston terriers, and they're allowed everywhere.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Allowed Boston Dogs Everywhere Got Two

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My favorite books to give or get are short story collections. And always paperbacks because they are easy to carry as you travel.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Always Because Books Carry Collections Easy Favorite Get Give Short Short Story Story Travel You

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When working, my diet degrades to pizza three times a day, because I don't want to distract myself from anything.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Anything Because Day Diet Distract Myself Pizza Three Times Want Working

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: February 21st, 1962

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