How to Captivate Someone on a Gut Level: Renowned "Fight Club" Author Chuck Palahniuk
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Chuck Palahniuk is the author of Fight Club... a cult classic. And one of my favorite books. I felt so lucky getting to watch him breakdown storytelling. Because he does it in a way that goes beneath the surface. He takes you into what it means to be human. He makes you feel seen and like your life, as messy as it is, makes sense.
Now he has a new book called, "Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life after Which Everything Was Different." Which not only has all the best writing advice I've ever seen, it also has a list of recommended books in the back. Chuck and I read through the list. He asked me, "Have you read this one?"
And said the title. I said, "No."
He said, "I'm so jealous. It's like you're about to have sex for the first time."
I can't wait.
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Chuck is so freaking brilliant and does so few interviews. Thank you for having him on.
@BIGpony777
3 жыл бұрын
he does tons of interviews haha
@kayligo
3 жыл бұрын
@@BIGpony777 not enough of them, in my opinion. Unless they are posted somewhere besides youtube.
@ThunderAppeal
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, you really needed that because youre a sad person.
@billshire2681
3 жыл бұрын
And often with media twits..
@quoththeraven3985
3 жыл бұрын
I didn't expect Chuck to have 'working man's hands' or reference Engine mechanics.
"Friends are overrated..." More truth to that than most people want to admit.
@AllenFreemanMediaGuru
3 жыл бұрын
As I get older I realize everyone has flaws. The friends I keep have flaws I can overlook? Or balancing their good and bad traits you find it tips enough toward the good to keep them?
@BakerOrDie123
3 жыл бұрын
@@AllenFreemanMediaGuru If the individual starts to negatively effect my well being I more or less just excommunicated them from my life. It sounds harsh, but I say my peace to them and just stop wasting time and effort on them.
@OriginalMindTrick
3 жыл бұрын
When times are easy and you live on a giant surplus you can afford decadence and selfishness. When times get tough you realize what friends and family are for.
@BakerOrDie123
3 жыл бұрын
@@OriginalMindTrick Family absolutely, if there wasn't a strong foundation of family around a person it'd be terrible. But I've always had the experience that you can trust your family more. I'm sure others have had the opposite situation though.
@Helicopterpilot16
3 жыл бұрын
Of course the Durdan side came out of me. I then realized how friends are just your enemies in disguise.
This podcast has arguably the most comfortable literary setting ever.
Great interview. Chuck is always good to listen to.
@kingjohnny7215
4 жыл бұрын
agreed
Sorry to say I found myself skipping forward constantly to capture the brief interludes when Chuck was able to get a word in edgeways 🤣
You just know he was so fucking late to dinner. God dammit I love this man.
survivor was one of hardest hitting books I've ever read
Really interesting, thank you for interviewing him and for the great questions
Take a drink everytime James or Chuck mentions a book or an author.
@zorelwood243
4 жыл бұрын
I am drinking and I cant keep up dude
@kingjohnny7215
4 жыл бұрын
you'd die of alcohol poisoning :))
thank you so much i will watch this a hundred times! !!
I love when people are this excited to interview someone. Great interview.
Nice podcast! Completely agree, this book is so interesting for writers, i'm still blown away, i'll have to read it again!
thanks for the interview James :>
Haha i did the exact same thing as you. I read the book and wrote down EVERY advice. Wish this interview was longer. Thanks a lot!
Excellent interview, James. When talking with a genius, it is difficult not to come off as almost child-like, but you had outstanding input during the discussion. Thank you for putting together this video for us :)
New fan of the Podcast thanks to your new amazing guest and very great conversations! Chuck is my favorite author of all time and also one of the most interesting people to listen to speak that doesn't have his own podcast. Anyway, THANK YOU!! Amazing stuff really.
This is fantastic
when james altucher ask questions he remind me of richard lewis, thank for having chuck on, really enjoyed this interview
Best interview ever!!!!
Killer interview. I listened to it on Apple Podcast. Watching again on KZread. I have pages of notes and ordered the book. James may I suggest a different angle or direction for the mic for future interviews. I can't see the lower half of his face. Great conversation and sound, fantastic master class! Thank you.
15 minutes in and chuck has barely gotten a word in edgewise
Legendary author hopefully you have him on again!
New fan to your show since you’ve had Tim Dillon and Jocko. Good stuff, thanks.
@TheRemixGeneration
4 жыл бұрын
so really you just follow people you liked on rogan?
@given0fox968
4 жыл бұрын
TheRemixGeneration more likely our overlord, the KZread algorithm, got it right, again. All praise the KZread algorithm!! First heard Tim on Ari’s podcast, and Jocko on Tim Ferris’s podcast, but know them best from JRE. How about you?
Really enjoyed this haven't read a good book in a while but when i need some wit, humor and intelligence I 'go to' Chuck for his books and book recommendations
I love Consider This (and I've only read a few chapters so far). To me it feels as if it's a love letter to his friends and love letter/rules for his students. Absolutely love it. Awesome to know he likes short stories. I'd love to send him a copy of my book and get his opinion (although I'm sure he's flooded with things like these). Anyway, if you're reading this, Mr. Chuck Palahniuk, I love you. Your novel Choke made me feel I am not alone. Thank you. Ps: I must read Jesus' Son and Miles from Nowhere, both sound great. Thank you for doing this interview, I wish there were more with him.
@hahnkf8111
4 жыл бұрын
Ur hot
Awesome video. About the box in the woods-I only found one book. In the 60s my neighborhood was new and no fences had gone up yet so cutting through yards once I saw something in a hedge. The paperback ”Candy”. I read this erotic story (don’t remember it) and put the book back in the same bush. Sort of a secret bush library!
@billshire2681
3 жыл бұрын
By Terry Southern !
Beautiful Go board.
Wow, nice interview. Lot in this, still only about half-way through.
@cathrynm
3 жыл бұрын
Oop, you screwed up Palahniuk's dinner party.
chuck look like moby, he's a tremendous writer, great insight here
In the thumb nail i thought that Chuck was posing with his mom. For real
Chuck has a soothing voice, like Noam Chomsky, James Earl Jones, and Orson Welles. I could go to sleep listening to him.
It's amazing and so passionate the way they talk about Denis Johnson's Jesus Son.
Absolute genius
Please have him on again!
This conversation should never end!! Next one both will use catheters and intravenous to get us poor souls to the beginning of the Universe.
Nice job! 25:35
@EricNorcross
4 жыл бұрын
I knew someone out there was listening. 😃🙏
I have been out of the Chuck game for some time and just realized he had morphed into Moby.
Love it
chuck looks so different
@kingjohnny7215
4 жыл бұрын
chuck look like moby
@GourmetDiarrhea
4 жыл бұрын
@@kingjohnny7215 lol!
@EzeICE
3 жыл бұрын
@@kingjohnny7215 Chuckoby
GO board cameo!
Chuck makes me want to be a writer so badly, but I can't get myself to feel like one.
@zechs5079
3 жыл бұрын
Just write
@darnellmajor8895
Жыл бұрын
If you dont feel like one then you are a writer..........
@MlRAAK
Жыл бұрын
@@darnellmajor8895 This is absolutely crazy! You left this comment as I am in the process of typing my 41,995th word in my first book, which I'm planning on self publishing sometime early in 2023. I still don't feel like a writer, but I very much appreciate your encouragement :)
@samuelstroud5059
10 ай бұрын
@@MlRAAK That's amazing! Time for an 8 month update... how's it going?
Love Chuck. If he wants, the cultural environment is right for him NOW. If he can come up with a stunt, he would become the trending cultural icon of 2023
Do I have to watch 10,000 ads in 120 minutes to learn from the guy who wrote Fight Club?
First rule about fight club I think translates into, first rule about my life is we do not talk about my life.
Chuck Palahniuk is actually a neighbor of mine, yet never met him consciously by name; here in NW Portland, Linnton Neighborhood we have a strong soap theme; this was obvious as I moved to the area 20 years ago and someone left a lintroller, obviously as a joke , harmonizing element or silly serndipity; Soap from the Dawn of Tiime to Edge of Days... Check out out my tribute to Chuck with Apocalyptic Soap Structures such as complete wormholes or Living Rorschach Experience (see your mind from the inside) This you can find on my channel under Playlist Quantum Bubbler; A lot of this takes place at Cathedral Park, wherein I am ordained as Soap Shaman, my best cleanest, soapy self. The other day at the park under strict 6' perimeter and face-shield, I got the blessing from surely the pure at heart, as a little girl shouted-out: "This is the Best Day of My LIfe!!" If all I can do is bring the most enchanting soap to the people, then a mood-elevator I must be, taking all going up straight to the Penthouse of sorts. Here I invite you, Chuck, and all others of strong heart to enter my Quantum Tunnel: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dp-dlNefc9qff9I.html
🖤
Lol James you clever fellow, you might just be the first person to follow the rules of you know what!
Three Days ! Jane's Addiction..
This is real life Ted Mosby lol
The liminal and liminoid concepts are explained in Rant.
I needed 1 hour and 20 mins to notice the Shogi table lol
@yototrash
3 жыл бұрын
or GO? Not sure... it looks like Shogi to me.
I just read James Altucher's essay from the New York Post entitled "New York is dead forever". It's about the effect that Covid-19 has had on NYC. Check it out!
Legit thought that was moby at first
I was going to say 3 friends, but maybe one is a couple.
@JD-ku3xt
2 жыл бұрын
If you have more, aren't they just acquaintances? I'm pretty sure people who "befriend" at work are just sociopaths networking. Run/hike groups and writing groups are great for bonding with people. Biking not so much because you can't really talk.
LET HIM TALK!!!!!!!
What is this word that he says at 5:28 “a kind of __________”? It’s driving me nuts, and no, he doesn’t say sedentism.
@katebugster
4 жыл бұрын
Yung Yosef “asceticism:” basically extreme self-discipline. (Pretending like i didnt have to google it.)
@yungyosef
4 жыл бұрын
Kaitlyn Ann, thanks. I really appreciate it.
Chuck should do asmr.
25:30 lol,
Love to see Chuck speak, on any topic, however, I've got some advice for the host. Less about you, More about the guest. It's not about you. That's why I clicked, yep. * After reading through half a page of comments....Jesus dude... maybe it's time to ask yourself why you get to interview a legend like Chuck Palahniuk given your past present and future... * OK OK, between you and me. Keep going...that is... ..if you actually care.
Let the guest talk.
I was here for Chuck Palahniuk, not for Mr. Altucher...dude, tone it down. Let your guests do the talking.
@kingjohnny7215
4 жыл бұрын
altucher remind me of richard lewis with the prolonged questions so verbose
@joblakelisbon
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@drts6955
Жыл бұрын
It's a conversation not an interview
is the interviewer drunk?
The interviewer needs to ask a simple, straightforward question and let the interviewee speak. We're here to listen to Chuck Palahniuk speak, not hear the interviewer ramble incoherently.
I h8 dzhew
Wow! Chuck looks like he's been wondering the streets doing dope. Hope he's okay.
@escapethehatetrix
4 жыл бұрын
He's almost 60, give the guy a break.
@wokesherman2713
4 жыл бұрын
@@escapethehatetrix Alright , fair enough , break is given!
@joshknightfall
3 жыл бұрын
Eh he looks like he's comfortable with himself more than anything
@saltyzu8412
3 жыл бұрын
Ehhh, your jack in the box video tells me you are projecting hahah. No worries, you got my upvote homeless man. Enjoy your dope
Interviewer needs to stop talking ffs.
Started to watch this. "Interviewer" never shuts up. So, nope.
Man this guy is a terrible interviewer. So annoying to hear him repeat everything Palahniuk says with useless examples.
@hahnkf8111
4 жыл бұрын
steveme49 At least he’s having a conversation with him unlike every other interviewer. Besides I appreciate the examples because I’m not a big reader. Not every person has read every book on earth
@joshknightfall
3 жыл бұрын
Initially I was annoyed too, but Chuck seems to jive well with it. So it's like it's not 100% shiny for the audience's ears, but substantial still if you can just accept the unpolished nature of it.
I fell asleep listening to this twice, and not in a good way. Palahniuk's interview on Joe Rogan was far more stimulating, imo. (Also, I had to stop watching and just listen because of the little guy's distracting wig. That is a wig, right? Or is it a perm?...)
3 жыл бұрын
Put some respect in your mouth when you speak about James.
@EzeICE
3 жыл бұрын
A Jew-fro bro.