I used to watch a lot of documentaries about Satanic possession - and I don't know if this is racist or not - but in the documentaries, it never happened to Americans! It was always happening in Central America or South America; that's where the priest was always going down to exorcise possessed people. So I didn't have a lot of fear of being possessed by the devil.
Chuck KlostermanThere's this belief that some things can be taken seriously in an intellectual way, while some things are only entertainment or only a commodity. Or there's some kind of critical consensus that some things are "good," and some things are garbage, throwaway culture. And I think the difference between them, in a lot of ways, is actually much less than people think. Especially when you get down to how they affect the audience.
Chuck KlostermanNecessity used to be the mother of invention, but then we ran out of things that were necessary. The postmodern mother of invention is desire; we donโt really โneedโ anything new, so we only create what we want.
Chuck KlostermanWhen given the choice, weโd all rather be happy now โฆ even if that guarantees weโll all be sad later.
Chuck Klosterman