Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

In the '80s, you couldn't walk in the neighborhood without looking back to see if anyone was following you. You had your key in your hand before you got to your apartment and you'd rush in so you didn't have to stop.

If you live in America, you need a gun, and I am not very fast with a gun, so I think I would walk out very quickly.

I make sure to keep a good distance between us, just in case she decides to get happy with a knife or something.

You are far less likely to soil your pants and cry for your mother if you’re prepared to defend yourself.

If anybody comes into my home and tries to hurt my kids, I've no problem shooting them... I bought original, real guns of the type we used in Tomb Raider for security. Brad and I are not against having a gun in the house, and we do have one. And yes, I'd be able to use it if I had to.

Stop fearing being attacked.

You do not adequately protect yourself by being half awake when other are sleeping.

They look at me and I kind of back up in case they go for my throat.

Now I'm starting to jog. But every time I do jog I have 9-1 pressed into my phone, with the next '1' ready to be launched in case I drop.

So in some ways my life, my background has been isolating and I think I'm a bit more scared as a person. I don't walk alone or in the dark. If I go out the driver will wait for me to go into the house.

I actually had an experience where I thought somebody was breaking into my house. That's got to be the most terrified I've ever been in my life. I don't know if that's saying much. The fear, especially as a female in a house by yourself, was horrible.

I sleep on my stomach with my head under a bunch of pillows so if someone wants to come in and try to kill me they can't tell if I'm there or not, so they'll just leave.

Anything can be justified by security.

The way to feel safe is never to feel secure.

We need a full-court press on personal protection. We need to be able to protect ourselves.

I have this weird thing where if I close my eyes, I feel like no one can see me.

One of my biggest fears is thinking that there are people in my house when I'm home alone.

Some nights I lie awake at night thinking, 'What's going to stop someone from smashing a chair through my window and coming in the house at two in the morning?' It is very unnerving. It's a realistic scare, which is the worst kind of scare that you could have.

Your physical safety is up to you, as it really always has been.

Here in my car, I feel safest of all, I can lock all the doors.

I once stopped to pick up a girl, and then there was this creepy-looking guy standing behind the bushes waiting to jump out and get in, too. So I just quickly drove away.

I think security is a big issue for people.

Living based in security is living based in fear.

Everyone's nervous these days. Ronald McDonald has hired six bodyguards, and that's just to protect his buns.