You are responsible for the energy that you create for yourself, and you're responsible for the energy that you bring to others.Oprah Winfrey
That's the gift that a mother can give, to make everyone feel like they are the special one.Oprah Winfrey
Love somebody. Just one person. And then spread that to two. And as many as you can. You'll see the difference it makes.Oprah Winfrey
We don't see a lot of models for male social interaction. There's sports and barn raisings.Chuck Palahniuk
It takes a lot to get people talking in airplanes. But once they start talking, you just can't shut them up.Chuck Palahniuk
I tell everyone I interact with what I'm working on and let them bring me anecdotes that illustrate my themes.Chuck Palahniuk
My books are always about somebody who is taken from aloneness and isolation - often elevated loneliness - to community. It may be a denigrated community that is filthy and poor, but they are not alone; they are with people.Chuck Palahniuk
My way of being with people is probably incredibly unhealthy, in that I'll be incredibly social, and I won't write a word for maybe a year, and I'll just be with people, going to parties and soaking up stories, and just sort of recharging all of my ideas.Chuck Palahniuk
You hear the best stories from ordinary people. That sense of immediacy is more real to me than a lot of writerly, literary-type crafted stories. I want that immediacy when I read a novel.Chuck Palahniuk
People have to deal with their issues together; they have to expose themselves and kind of exhaust themselves.Chuck Palahniuk
