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24 quotes by Chuck Klosterman

Charles John "Chuck" Klosterman (born June 5, 1972) is an American author and essayist who has written books and essays focused on American popular culture. He has been a columnist for Esquire and ESPN.com and wrote "The Ethicist" column for The New York Times Magazine. Klosterman is the author of eight books including two novels and the essay collection, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto.
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The biggest hurdle to writing Fargo Rock City was that I couldn't afford a home computer - I had to get a new job so I could buy a computer. It... →

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Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.

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Anyone who claims to be good at lying is obviously bad at lying. Thus - as a writer myself - I cannot comment on whether or not writers are... →

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I've been asked about this constantly, and I compare it to how if you're walking down the street and some schizo guy comes up to you and... →

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The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writer's main motivation is to become friends with the band. They're not really... →

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If you're doing an interview, you need conversational tension. After you talk to them, you're not going to have a relationship with them... →

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I keep saying the word 'weird' over and over again, but it's the only way I can describe it.

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A whole bunch of months passed and I didn't hear anything and then he emailed and asked if I could do a little piece on POD and Queens of the... →

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At a magazine, everything you do is edited by a bunch of people, by committee, and a lot of them are, were, or think of themselves as writers. Part... →

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It didn't seem remotely possible. I had no idea how people got those jobs, I didn't know what the steps were, it never even dawned on me. It... →

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The essays are different because ultimately it's things I'm interested in, and I'm really just writing about myself and using those... →

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A lot of people have this strategy where if they have a hard question they wait to ask it to the end of the interview because they think the person... →

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Book writing is a little different because, in my case, my editor is a year younger than me and basically has the same sensibility as me.

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