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

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Book Care Check Clears Long

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

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Book Discovering Ending Impossible Joy Makes Me New New Book Relief Sick

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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.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Always Book Children Effect Engaged Every Front Ghost Heard Recreate Stories Trying Us

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Every author has to eventually write a food book.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Author Book Eventually Every Food Write

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I think a lot of people saw 'Fight Club' and thought, 'Right, here's our next Che Guevara, here's our next Fidel Castro, here's someone who's going to wave the flag.' And I was like, 'No, it's just a book. And if I beat that drum, if I play that song one more time, I won't have a career.'

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Beat Book Career Castro Club Drum Fidel Castro Fight Fight Club Flag Going Here Just Like Lot More Next Our People Play Right Saw Someone Song Think Thought Time Wave I Think

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Your life isn't about doing one perfect 'thing' and then falling down dead. It's more like going to church or writing a book. You do it over and over, always trying to be a little bit better. Then you die.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: About Always Better Bit Book Church Dead Die Doing Down Falling Going Life Like Little Little Bit More Over Perfect Then Thing Trying Writing You Your

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With a book, you're guaranteed the audience has a certain skill level and that the audience has to make an ongoing effort to consume this product and that the project is being consumed by just one person at a time. I really want to play to that strength because it's one of the few advantages books still have.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Advantages Audience Because Being Book Books Certain Consume Consumed Effort Few Guaranteed Just Just One Level Make Ongoing Person Play Product Project Really Skill Still Strength Time Want You

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While writing, I tend to repeat the same song, endlessly, for thousands of times. This helps me ignore any lyrics, and helps create a consistent mood for each book.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Any Book Consistent Create Each Endlessly Helps Ignore Lyrics Me Mood Repeat Same Song Tend Thousands Times While Writing

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My only writing ritual is to shave my head bald between writing the first and second drafts of a book. If I can throw away all my hair, then I have the freedom to trash any part of the book on the next rewrite.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Any Away Bald Between Book Drafts First Freedom Hair Head Next Only Part Rewrite Ritual Second Shave Then Throw Trash Writing I Can

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I was not an avid comic book reader as a kid.

~Ciara Renee

Topics: Avid Book Comic Comic Book Kid Reader

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