Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit. Chuck Palahniuk on power
Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home... it's your responsibility to love it, or change it. Chuck Palahniuk on relationship
I think in a way, you're doomed, once you can envision something. You're sort of doomed to make it happen. I've found that the moment I can envision leaving a relationship, that's usually the moment that the relationship starts to fall apart. Chuck Palahniuk on relationship
Minimalism seems closest to the sophisticated storytelling of movies. Movies have really educated contemporary audiences to be the most intelligent, sophisticated audiences in history. We don't any longer need to have the relationship between one scene and the next explained. We will figure it out ourselves. Chuck Palahniuk on relationship
I'm always trying to reach a transcendent point, a romantic point, but reach it in a really unconventional way, a really profane way. To get to that romantic, touching, heartbreaking place, but through a lot of acts of profanity. Chuck Palahniuk on romantic
You are not a beautiful, unique snowflake... This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time. Chuck Palahniuk on time
I try to forget about the expectation that's out there and the audience listening for the next thing so that I'm not trying to please them. I've spent a huge amount of time not communicating with those folks and denying that they exist. Chuck Palahniuk on time
If I could wake up in a different place, at a different time, could I wake up as a different person? Chuck Palahniuk on time
Every time I write something, I think, this is the most offensive thing I will ever write. But no. I always surprise myself. Chuck Palahniuk on time
I wanted to write about the moment when your addictions no longer hide the truth from you. When your whole life breaks down. That's the moment when you have to somehow choose what your life is going to be about. Chuck Palahniuk on truth
Reality means you live until you die. The real truth is nobody wants reality. Chuck Palahniuk on truth
Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives. Chuck Palahniuk on war
It's funny how you never think about the women you've had. It's always the ones who get away that you can't forget. Chuck Palahniuk on women
I used to work in a funeral home to feel good about myself, just the fact that I was breathing. Chuck Palahniuk on work