Chuck Klosterman Quotes about Lying

Whenever I can’t sleep, I like to lie in the darkness and pretend I’ve been assassinated. I’ve found this is the best way to get comfortable. I imagine I’m in the coffin at my funeral, and people from my past are

Whenever I can’t sleep, I like to lie in the darkness and pretend I’ve been assassinated. I’ve found this is the best way to get comfortable. I imagine I’m in the coffin at my funeral, and people from my past are walking by my corpse and making comments about my demise.

Chuck Klosterman

Lying, Sleep, Past

Chuck Klosterman (2013). “Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs”, p.199, Faber & Faber

Sarcasm is when you tell someone the truth by lying on purpose.

Chuck Klosterman

Lying, Sarcasm, Purpose

Chuck Klosterman (2008). “Downtown Owl: A Novel”, p.38, Simon and Schuster

Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.

Chuck Klosterman

Liars, Lying, Honest

We assume that all statements must be mild inversions of the truth, because it's too weird to imagine people who aren't casually lying, pretty much all the time.

Chuck Klosterman

Lying, People, Assuming

Chuck Klosterman (2009). “Eating the Dinosaur”, p.183, Simon and Schuster

What is going to happen in the course of my day that will be an improvement over lying on something very soft, underneath something very warm, wearing only underwear, doing absolutely nothing, all by myself?

Chuck Klosterman

Lying, Underwear, Improvement

Chuck Klosterman (2008). “Downtown Owl: A Novel”, p.124, Simon and Schuster

Anyone who claims to be good at lying is obviously bad at lying. Thus - as a writer myself - I cannot comment on whether or not writers are exceptionally good liars, because whatever I said would actually mean its complete opposite.

Chuck Klosterman

Liars, Lying, Mean

Chuck Klosterman Quotes about Lying

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