Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

I am compulsive about writing, I need to do it the way I need sleep and exercise and food and sex; I can go without it for a while, but then I need it.

Love the writing, love the writing, love the writing... the rest will follow.

I'm addicted to creating and writing.

If I hadn't done 'Harry Potter,' I would have gone and done years of art. I really do love it, and I'd love to write.

I have to write. I have to be an artist.

I wrote because I had to. I couldn't stop. There wasn't anything else I could do. If no one ever bought anything, anything I ever did, I'd still be writing. It's beyond a compulsion.

The true writer, the born writer, will scribble words on scraps of litter, the back of a bus tickets, on the wall of a cell.

I remember enjoying writing those, theres two clues of a gift: you enjoy doing it and people enjoy you doing it.

I think a diversity of expression can only be good, so I think the more that people write about their experience, use their imagination to deal with their experience, you know, I think that's going to be good for not only for those authors but also for people who are interested in trying to understand it.

I have visions and ideas about different things. Other actors just inspire you, so writing is something I would love to do more of. I would really be interested in doing something in that vein, writing something for myself or someone else and directing for sure.

I always wanted to be in the world of entertainment. I just love the idea of an audience being happy with what I am doing. Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it.

Never worry about being obsessive. I like obsessive people. Obsessive people make great art

There's no way I can stop writing, it's a form of insanity.

I tried to stick with what I knew best, which is writing rock n' roll songs and melodies. I am as passionate as I was when I was 20.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

To me that's what art is about - when you don't really have any control over your desires to do it.

I'm not happy unless I have a pen in my hand, it's really that simple.

I have a writing addiction.

Love is easy, and I love writing. You can't resist love. You get an idea, someone says something, and you're in love.

Writing and cookery are just two different means of communication.

I don't write these stories for the rewards that come back to me. I write them because I have to write them. It's a sickness on some level. It's a compulsion.

Storytelling is my true passion.

I wouldn't be making films if I just wanted to express some specific ideas; then I would be writing essays or something.

Art was - and is - my biggest outlet. I'd probably die if I didn't do it.

Acting is probably what I'm best at, but there are certain stories kind of rattling around in my head that I like the idea of developing over time.