Showing posts with label Chuck Palahniuk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chuck Palahniuk. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Life according to Chuck

Mostly it's the usual dumbassed "what's your favorite color of Crayon?" type of thing, but there's one good bit:
Q: Can someone be a brilliant artist without being seriously fucked-up? Can someone be a brilliant artist and be completely sane and well-adjusted? Can the sane and good create art that is meaningful and not simply bland or pretty to look at? —Isaiah Technician

CP
: Here's my theory: Anyone who makes a career in writing, music, painting, or whatnot succeeds as being a constant witness, always harvesting from the world. Any "artist" makes a living by expressing what others can't—because they're unaware of their feelings, they're too afraid to express those feelings, or they lack the skills to communicate and be understood. Being fucked-up isn't required. In fact, it tends to cut careers short.

Friday, November 10, 2006

Writers as characters

The winners: Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon, Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk, The Poet by Michael Connelly, Misery by Stephen King, Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis, and Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov. A fun selection, and much preferable on the whole to Dave White's rather pedestrian "Writers on film" article at MSNBC.