We'll be remembered more for what we destroy than what we create.

She's so thin she's either dying or rich.

I let go. Lost in oblivion. Dark and silent and complete. I found freedom. Losing all hope was freedom.

Want to talk third-wave feminism, you could cite Ariel Levy and the idea that women have internalized male oppression. Going to spring break at Fort Lauderdale, getting drunk, and flashing your breasts isn't an act of personal empowerment. It's you, so fashioned and programmed by the construct of patriarchal society that you no longer know what's best for yourself. A damsel too dumb to even know she's in distress.

Tyler's words coming out of my mouth. I used to be such a nice person.

When I first started writing, there was no way I'd write a sex scene. That just seemed impossible. That's why in "Fight Club" all the sex happens off-screen. It's all just a noise on the other side of the wall or the ceiling. I just couldn't bring to write in a scene like that. So one of the challenges with "Choke" was I wanted to write sex scenes until I was really comfortable just writing them in a very mechanical way.

People have to deal with their issues together; they have to expose themselves and kind of exhaust themselves.