“My pet theory about the success of Fight Club is that it provided a structure for people to be together. People want to find new ways for connecting. Look at American Quilt and The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood and Joy Luck Club. These are all books that present a structure, making a quilt or playing Mahjong, providing a structure that allows people to be together and share their stories. All these books are short stories bound together by a shared activity.”
“The world is made of people telling stories. . . . Any long story, any novel, is just a combination of short stories.”
“Instead of wasting more time or money on another crappy book or movie, how about you take a stab at the job? I mean, why not?”
From Chuck Palahniuk in Stranger Than Fiction, a collection of essays and journalistic pieces that prove that real life has imagination beaten cold in the strangeness and wonder departments.
I’ve been nominated by incahootswithmuddyboots for the 3 Day Quote Challenge. Check out her blog. Impressive photographs! My first day’s quotes are also about writing or story telling, by Neil Gaiman and Susan Strauss. See them here along with who I nominated yesterday.
The rules to this challenge are:
- Post on 3 consecutive days
- Post one to three quotes per day
- Challenge three different bloggers each day
Today I nominate these bloggers for the 3 Day Quote challenge. Check out their blogs!
https://thestorytellersabode.wordpress.com/ This blog is full of flash fiction and stories galore!
http://behindthewillows.com/ What an interesting look at things many of us do on any day, of family, of good books to read. Quotes are just perfect for her blog.
http://tishfarrell.com/ She calls herself a writer on the edge. Definitely a reflective writer and a careful photographer. Quotes are perfect for her blog, too.
Sky Blue Daze 