Chuck Klosterman citations

“My mind and gut are never simpatico: Every time I think somebody likes me, she doesn't; every time I think somebody doesn't like me, she does. This has never changed and I'm certain it never will.”

“Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.”

“Life is rarely about what happened; it's mostly about what we think happened.”

“Every relationship is fundamentally a power struggle, and the individual in power is whoever likes the other person less.”

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

“People who talk about their dreams are actually trying to tell you things about themselves they’d never admit in normal conversation.”

“Everybody is wrong about everything, just about all the time.”

“I love the way music inside a car makes you feel invisible; if you play the stereo at max volume, it's almost like the other people can't see into your vehicle. It tints your windows, somehow.”

“It is important to have questionable friends you can trust unconditionally.”

“I once loved a girl who almost loved me, but not as much as she loved John Cusack.”

“Important things are inevitably cliché.”

“Being interesting has been replaced by being identifiable.”

“Do you know people who insist they like 'all kinds of music'? That actually means they likeof music.”

“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.”

“It was the kind of love you can only feel toward someone you don't actually know.”

“It feels so exhausting to be so bad at something I loved so much.”

“In and of itself, nothing really matters. What matters is that nothing is ever in and of itself.”

“I honestly believe that people of my generation despise authenticity, mostly because they're all so envious of it.”

“Gay marriage should be legalized in america because gay men are the only men who want to be married.”

“What is going to happen in the course of my day that will be an improvement over lying on something very soft, underneath something very warm, wearing only underwear, doing absolutely nothing, all by myself?”

“Without a soundtrack, human interaction is meaningless.”

“We all believe that we are a certain kind of person, but we never know until we do something that proves otherwise, or until we die.”

“Every time I learn the truth about something, I’m disappointed”

“Because when push comes to shove, we really don't want to have sex with our friends… unless they're sexy. And sometimes we do want to have sex with our blackhearted, soul-sucking enemies… assuming they're sexy.”

“… 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.”

“The strength of your memory dictates the size of your reality”

“Outcasts may grow up to be novelists and filmmakers and computer tycoons, but they will never be the athletic ruling class.”

“Sarcasm is when you tell someone the truth by lying on purpose.”

“The villain is the person who knows the most but cares the least.”