Chuck Klosterman Quotes

“If I knew I was going to die at a specific moment in the future, it would be nice to be able to control what song I was listening to; this is why I always bring my iPod on airplanes.”
― Chuck Klosterman, Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story

“I honestly believe that people of my generation despise authenticity, mostly because they're all so envious of it.”
― Chuck Klosterman, Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story

“...because people who talk about their dreams are actually trying to tell you things about themselves they'd never admit in normal conversation. It's a way for people to be honest without telling the truth.”
― Chuck Klosterman, Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story

“Sarcasm is when you tell someone the truth by lying on purpose.”
― Chuck Klosterman, Downtown Owl

“If you play "I Don't Want To Know" by Fleetwood Mac loud enough -- you can hear Lindsey Buckingham's fingers sliding down the strings of his acoustic guitar. ...And we were convinced that this was the definitive illustration of what we both loved about music; we loved hearing the INSIDE of a song.”
― Chuck Klosterman

“Studied objectively, Luke Skywalker was not very cool. But for kids who saw Empire, Luke was The Man. He was the guy we wanted to be. Retrospectively, we’d like to claim Han Solo was the single-most desirable character—and he was, in theory. But Solo’s brand of badass cool is something you can’t understand until you’re old enough to realize that being an arrogant jerk is an attractive male quality.”
― Chuck Klosterman

“Per lei chiunque non possa essere visto è invisibile. Ma ci sono persone invisibili anche in bella vista, Victoria. Gran parte del mondo lo è.”
― Chuck Klosterman, The Visible Man