A writer's job is to cultivate what can go wrong. You're always looking for that dramatic arc of where things can fail.
Chuck PalahniukYou realize that there's no point in doing anything if nobody's watching. You wonder, if there had been a low turnout at the crucifixion, would they have rescheduled?
Chuck PalahniukIt's my petty fear of personal rejection that allows so many true evils to exist. My cowardice enables atrocities.
Chuck PalahniukThe religious school she went to, growing up, Ms. Wright said how all the girls had to wear a scarf tied to cover their ears at all times. Based on the biblical idea that the Virgin Mary became pregnant when the Holy Spirit whispered in her ear. The idea that ears were vaginas. That, hearing just one wrong idea, you lost your innocence. One detail too many and you’d be ruined. Overdosed on information.
Chuck Palahniuk