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Chuck Palahniuk

I'm always trying to reach a transcendent point, a romantic point, but reach it in a really unconventional way, a really profane way. To get to that romantic, touching, heartbreaking place, but through a lot of acts of profanity.

Chuck Palahniuk

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Chuck Palahniuk means he aims to evoke deep, emotional experiences usually seen as beautiful or ideal, but he does so by using raw, shocking, or vulgar methods. He believes that reaching something emotionally powerful doesn’t have to follow traditional or polite ways, and can come from unexpected, even offensive, actions.

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