“It's easy to attack and destroy an act of creation. It's a lot more difficult to perform one.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

Salon.com Letters http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2003/08/26/chuck/index.html. Response by Palahniuk to Laura Miller's review. (2003-08-26)

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