challenge Quotes

'Romance' is based on my entire creative process. I fall in love with an idea, obsess over it, isolate myself with it, and when I eventually introduce it to my friends, they all tell me that it's stupid.

People said that 'Fight Club' would be impossible to turn into a movie, but I think David Fincher loved that challenge.

The young men, they look to me for a story they can get nowhere else, a challenging risky story.

If anything I try to write something that would be more difficult to film. I tend to see film as competition and would like instead to do what books do best.

To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.

Every time I write something, I think, this is the most offensive thing I will ever write. But no. I always surprise myself.

My books didn't fit a marketing niche.

I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.

There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.

My toughest fight was with my first wife.