Intellectual culture seems to separate high art from low art. Low art is horror or pornography or anything that has a physical component to it and engages the reader on a visceral level and evokes a strong sympathetic reaction. High art is people driving in Volvos and talking a lot. I just don't want to keep those things separate. I think you can use visceral physical experiences to illustrate larger ideas, whether they're emotional or spiritual. I'm trying to not exclude high and low art or separate them.
Chuck PalahniukIn good old Colonial Dunsboro, masochism is a valuable job skill. It is in most jobs.
Chuck PalahniukIt takes a lot to get people talking in airplanes. But once they start talking, you just can't shut them up.
Chuck PalahniukGame shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have left of our education.
Chuck Palahniuk...no way could I fall in love. I just couldn't go there yet. Settle for less. I didn't want to process through anything. I didn't want to pick up any pieces. Lower my expectations.
Chuck PalahniukI'm really glad that I made a lot of mistakes, poorly chose my friends throughout my twenties, and didn't have a rocket trajectory that set me on one path without making any mistakes or having any setbacks. The older I get, the more I realize that it's all of these failed, horrible things from my past, and the stories that they generated, that are the things I will draw on for the rest of my life.
Chuck Palahniuk