You hear the best stories from ordinary people. That sense of immediacy is more real to me than a lot of writerly, literary-type crafted stories. I want that immediacy when I read a novel.
Chuck PalahniukYou can spend your whole life building a wall of facts between you and anything real.
Chuck PalahniukKids, she says. When theyโre little, they believe everything you tell them about the world. As a mother, youโre the world almanac and the encyclopedia and the dictionary and the Bible, all rolled up together. But after they hit some magic age, itโs just the opposite. After that, youโre either a liar or a fool or a villain.
Chuck PalahniukI didn't use anybody's story. I used the context and the structure of the situation. People were so, so desperate to tell their story and begin to digest their experience - like turning it into a story - that after the fist few weeks I could go with a pad and pencil and take notes. People didn't seem at all bothered by that.
Chuck Palahniuk