Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

I love video games. I'm also slightly in awe of them. I'm in awe of their power in terms of imagination, in terms of technology, in terms of concept. But I think, above all, I'm in awe at their power to motivate, to compel us, to transfix us, like really nothing else we've ever invented has quite done before.

Animation has completely changed, and I've always been a big fan.

Anyone who does anything creative is always gonna want to change.

Google is fascinating, and the book isn't finished. I'm creating, living, building, and writing those chapters.

There's a lot of possibility in the 'Pacific Rim' universe for additional stories to be told, whether that's additional graphic novels or animated series or video games or movie sequels.

Every time you think all the technology that had been created already, all you have to do is look around and then there's someone new who's born with a new idea.

Where we cannot invent, we may at least improve.

Obsolescence is the key to innovation.

Necessity first mothered invention. Now invention has little ones of her own, and they look just like grandma.

Science fiction is the very literature of change.

Technological change is both familiar and easy to observe.

As technology continues to increase our possibilities, what we're seeing is a shrinking of the lag time between what we dream about and what we create.

Vince McMahon is one of the greatest storytellers of all time, but WWE's not striving for the kind of innovation it's capable of.

The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.

The last person to stand still and repeat himself was Walt Disney. He refused to repeat himself. So to think that he'd be making the same kind of film in the year 2001 that he made in 1941 is absurd.

Technology changes all the time; human nature, hardly ever.

We need to make sure that there's art in the school. Why? Why should art be in the school? Because if art isn't in a school, then a guy like Steve Jobs doesn't get a chance to really express himself because in order for art to meet technology, you need art.

Digitization is certainly challenging the old ways of doing things, whether that's in publishing or politics. But it's not the end. In many ways, it is just the beginning.

I love sci-fi because it leads in the imagination, and I always say it has the most intelligent fans in the world.

I think it is important to grow. Your fans are growing up with you whether you like it or not. You have to keep it fresh and exciting for them. You have to bring something new to the table each time.

Ever since we invented fire and the wheel, we've been demonstrating both our ability and our inherent desire to fix things that we don't like about ourselves and our environment.

I know one thing - if I didn't have TV and theatre and radio, the world would be a much more boring place.

It is really want, rather than need, that drives the process of technological evolution.

We all grew up, our grandmothers and mothers had about three channels to watch, so we watched those soaps and now, a generation has grown up with the Internet and computers and video games.

My dream remains to inform and entertain through fiction in the form of novels and movies that compete in the marketplace of ideas.