“My teacher Tom Spanbauer, the man who got me started writing in his wo...” — Chuck Palahniuk Quote

“My teacher Tom Spanbauer, the man who got me started writing in his workshop, used to say: 'Writers write because they weren't invited to a party.' That always struck so true, and people always nod their heads when they hear that. Especially writers.”

“What is the real purpose behind the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus? They seem like greater steps toward faith and imagination, each with a payoff. Like cognitive training exercises.”

“There were a lot of heads turning when people found out I was doing music and when they found out it was country, they were like, 'What?'”

“There's, like, a dark needle or a nail that lives at the back of all of our heads, and that's your fear.”

“My whole family were from the East End, but they moved away when I was a child. They still cannot get their heads around the fact that I ran back to London as soon as I could, when I was 21.”