People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

Real discoveries come from chaos.

Real discoveries come from chaos.

I've met God across his long walnut desk with his diplomas hanging on the wall...

I've met God across his long walnut desk with his diplomas hanging on the wall...

Your folks are like God because you want to know they're out there and you...

Your folks are like God because you want to know they're out there and you...

Still, with a plan, you only get the best you can imagine. I'd always hoped...

Still, with a plan, you only get the best you can imagine. I'd always hoped...

Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our...

Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our...

Maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.

Maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.

Either a species learns to control its own population, or something like disease, famine, war,...

Either a species learns to control its own population, or something like disease, famine, war,...

Shotgunning anybody in this room would be the moral equivalent of killing a car, a...

Shotgunning anybody in this room would be the moral equivalent of killing a car, a...

Sometimes the past seems too big for the present to hold.

Sometimes the past seems too big for the present to hold.

What I did was pour out about a gallon of Chanel Number Five and put...

What I did was pour out about a gallon of Chanel Number Five and put...

Disaster is a natural part of my evolution. Toward tragedy and dissolution.

Disaster is a natural part of my evolution. Toward tragedy and dissolution.

When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.

When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.

Shotgunning anybody in this room would be the moral equivalent of killing a car, a...

Shotgunning anybody in this room would be the moral equivalent of killing a car, a...

The magic of sex is itÃs acquisition without the burden of possessions. No matter how...

The magic of sex is itÃs acquisition without the burden of possessions. No matter how...

I don't care what they do with my book so long as the flippin check...

I don't care what they do with my book so long as the flippin check...

That quest for something pretty. A cheat. A cliche. Flowers and Christmas lights, it's what...

That quest for something pretty. A cheat. A cliche. Flowers and Christmas lights, it's what...

If I can't be beautiful, I want to be invisible.

If I can't be beautiful, I want to be invisible.

Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism.

Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism.

That saying, about how you always kill the thing you love, well, it works both...

That saying, about how you always kill the thing you love, well, it works both...

Everyone smiles with that invisible gun to their head.

Everyone smiles with that invisible gun to their head.