395 Quotes by Chuck Klosterman

Part of the reason forward-thinking media networks like Twitter succeed is because people3 want to believe that every immaterial thing they do is pertinent by default; it’s interesting because it happened to them, which translates as interesting to all.

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

I care about strangers when they’re abstractions, but I feel almost nothing when they’re literally in front of me.

This is what being alive feels like, you know? The place doesn’t matter. You just live.

But when you’re naturally better than everyone else, and when that talent is so utterly obvious, being quiet doesn’t translate as humble. It translates as boredom.

I almost never get lonely. I love being alone. I’m glad I’m married, and I love my wife. But there’s never been a situation in my life where my unhappiness was based on loneliness.

Nothing is completely authentic. Even the guys who kill themselves are partially acting.

It’s nice to think that the weirdos get to decide what matters about the past, since it’s the weirdos who care the most.

Nora Ephron accidentally ruined a lot of lives.