My books are more about people experimenting with different identities and social models in a short-term way before they can break through to something authentic.

I hate how I don't feel real enough unless people are watching.

Torture is torture and humiliation is humiliation only when you choose to suffer.

More and more, it feels like I'm doing a really bad impersonation of myself.

Who you are moment to moment is just a story.

I love everything about Tyler Durden, his courage and his smarts. His nerve. Tyler is funny and charming and forceful and independent, and men look up to him and expect him to change their world. Tyler is capable and free, and I am not.

Almost all the time, you tell yourself you're loving somebody when you're just using them. This only looks like love.