The things he did on purpose were usually no different from the mistakes he made by accident.
Chuck KlostermanAnybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.
Chuck KlostermanIf you can't swim, the idea of being in nine feet of water is terrifying, much less the ocean.
Chuck KlostermanI feel like a lot of people involved with celebrity journalism have interesting ideas about the people they want to write about going into the interview. Then as soon as they actually sit down with that person, they basically ask the questions they think journalists are supposed to ask, and they start viewing themselves almost as a peer of the subject. Like they're going to become friends. That's why most celebrity journalism is so terrible.
Chuck KlostermanI think one possibility [in the future] might be chemotherapy. And I'm always hesitant to say that because it makes it sound like I'm against chemotherapy. Right now, chemotherapy is the best cancer treatment therapy we have. But let's say we find some way where we can almost genetically engineer the DNA of our being and fight cancer that way. Then, the idea that we used to pump poison into people to fight off cancer will almost seem like the use of leeches or something.
Chuck Klosterman