I spend most of my life just listening to people.

It's interesting because when David Fincher was making "Fight Club," he said, "It's a romance." And it really is. Almost everything I ever write is just a romance. And that needed to be sort of pointed up at the end of "Fight Club." The film has a very different ending than the book does.

Everyone is equal and everyone is forced to participate; you can't just be a spectator.

And the seventh rule is if this is your first night at fight club, you have to fight.

The world can be a lot bet­ter than we set­tle for. All you have to do is ask.

If you make people laugh too much, their blood becomes - I believe it is acidic as opposed to alkaline. It changes the oxygen level in the blood, and people are likelier to pass out at that point.

You gain power by pretending to be weak. By contrast, you make people feel strong. You save people by letting them save you.