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Arguing that God doesn't exist would be like people in the 10th century arguing that germs and microbes didn't exist because they couldn't see them.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Arguing Because Century Exist God Like People See Them Would

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My teacher Tom Spanbauer, the man who got me started writing in his workshop, used to say: 'Writers write because they weren't invited to a party.' That always struck so true, and people always nod their heads when they hear that. Especially writers.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Always Because Got Heads Hear His Invited Man Me Nod Party People Say Started Struck Teacher Tom True Used Were Who Workshop Write Writers Writing

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For me and my entire generation, we took on this kind of sarcastic, ironic, snarkiness because it seemed the most extreme reaction to the earnestness of hippies.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Because Earnestness Entire Extreme Generation Hippies Ironic Kind Me Most Reaction Sarcastic Seemed Took

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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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Since change is constant, you wonder if people crave death because it's the only way they can get anything really finished.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Anything Because Change Constant Crave Death Finished Get Only People Really Since Way Wonder You

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Any 'artist' makes a living by expressing what others can't - because they're unaware of their feelings, they're too afraid to express those feelings, or they lack the skills to communicate and be understood.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Afraid Any Artist Because Communicate Express Expressing Feelings Lack Living Makes Others Skills Those Too Unaware Understood

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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.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Away Because Boring Only Shy Simple Someone Story The Only Thing Thing Victim Violence Where Write

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I've always thought stand-up comedians were the oral storytellers of our time, because they know rhetoric, they know delivery, they know timing, they know all of these things that you can only learn by telling a story out loud and interacting with an audience.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Always Audience Because Comedians Delivery Interacting Know Learn Loud Only Oral Our Our Time Out Rhetoric Stand-Up Story Storytellers Telling Things Thought Time Timing Were You

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My personal theory is that younger audiences disdain books - not because those readers are dumber than past readers, but because today's reader is smarter.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Audiences Because Books Disdain Dumber Past Personal Reader Readers Smarter Than Theory Those Today Younger

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