Mylife might be little and boring, but at least itโs mine - not some assembly-line, secondhand, hand-me-down life.
Chuck PalahniukMy writing has to excite people and depict or include their experiences. That's part of my process - to go out and interact with people. It's very much like an archival process. I understand that the Brothers Grimm would go out and get people talking so they could document folk tales that weren't being documented any other way. I try to offer a little bit of myself - some experience from my life that evokes stories in other people.
Chuck PalahniukPeople had been working for so many years to make the world a safe organized place. Nobody realized how boring it would become.
Chuck PalahniukA baby is such a blank slate, like training the understudy for a role you're planning to leave. You truly hope your replacement will do the play justice, but in secret you want future critics to say you played the character better.
Chuck Palahniuk