The only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

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...

Love me, I'll be anyobdy you want me to be. Use me. Change me. I...

Love me, I'll be anyobdy you want me to be. Use me. Change me. I...

All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must...

All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must...

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the...

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the...

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.

People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they...

People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they...

I just don't want to die without a few scars.

I just don't want to die without a few scars.

You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on...

You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on...

To preserve yourself as the center of the world, to stay your own best authority...

To preserve yourself as the center of the world, to stay your own best authority...

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...

Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.

Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.

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...

Art never comes from happiness.

Art never comes from happiness.

If you tell folks you're a college student, folks are so impressed. You can be...

If you tell folks you're a college student, folks are so impressed. You can be...

Las Vegas looks the way you'd imagine heaven must look at night.

Las Vegas looks the way you'd imagine heaven must look at night.

Are these things really better than the things I already have? Or am I just...

Are these things really better than the things I already have? Or am I just...

Nothing is static. Even the Mona Lisa is falling apart. Since fight club, I can...

Nothing is static. Even the Mona Lisa is falling apart. Since fight club, I can...

Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People...

Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People...

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a...

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a...

People care more about outsiders' approval than their own happiness nowadays.

People care more about outsiders' approval than their own happiness nowadays.

Pontius Pilate was the first great censor and Jesus Christ the first great victim of...

Pontius Pilate was the first great censor and Jesus Christ the first great victim of...

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.