Chuck Klosterman

We all convince ourselves of things like this- not necessarily about Say Anything, but about any fictionalized portrayals of romance that happen to hit us in the right place, at the right time. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

#love #romance #truth #life

The main problem with mass media is that it makes it impossible to fall in love with any acumen of normalcy. There is no 'normal' because everybody is being twisted by the same sources simultaneously. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

#media #truth #life

Tall people are naturally confident. History has proven this - Alexander the Great, Wilt Chamberlain, Gisele. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

#nature

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

— Chuck Klosterman

#describe #i #i can #keep #only

It's just that what's important there is different there than what's important is here. Here, people care that you wrote a book or that you work in the media. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

#care #different #here #important #just

You're trying to find new ideas in people. I always think to myself, what question I am least comfortable asking the person? And then I make sure I ask it early in the interview. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

#am #ask #asking #comfortable #early

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. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

#because #book #book writing #case #different

The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I'm totally conscious of that. To me, book writing is fun, and I basically just write about things that are entertaining to myself. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

#basically #book #book writing #conscious #entertaining

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 seemed so outside the realm of possibility. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

#even #got #had #how #i

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 Stone Age. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

#anything #asked #bunch #could #emailed