Chuck Palahniuk — A Masterclass in Creative Living and Dangerous Writing | The Tim Ferriss Show

Consider This

Chuck Palahniuk

“a memoir about his life as a writer which i highly highly recommend”— Tim Ferriss

In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried

Amy Hempel (inferred)

“this is why i love the work of amy hempel so much is in stories like in the cemetery where al jolson is buried she basically presents a list of fantastic details”— Chuck Palahniuk

Trickster Makes This World

Lewis Hyde

“one of my favorites which is trickster makes this world which is a book really about the disruptive side of human imagination as embodied in trickster mythology”— Tim Ferriss

Trickster Makes This World

Lewis Hyde

“yeah i love that book i think that was his first book it's spectacular and it's long just so people know what they're signing up for”— Chuck Palahniuk

The Power of Myth

Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers (inferred)

“someone taped the the joseph campbell pbs uh lecture series... the power of myth with bill moyers yes exactly spectacular”— Chuck Palahniuk

Generation X

Douglas Coupland

“doug copeland the guy who wrote generation x is a friend of mine and reading generation x was kind of a an epiphany for me it was such a unique fantastic book”— Chuck Palahniuk

The Lottery

Shirley Jackson (inferred)

“when shirley jackson published the lottery in the new yorker the new yorker lost something like 500 subscribers people who were so offended”— Chuck Palahniuk

Rosemary's Baby

Ira Levin

“he wrote rosemary's baby at a time when uh women were being given thalidomide and being told take this it will calm you down”— Chuck Palahniuk

Gone with the Wind

“what is the first thing that scarlett o'hara says in gone with the wind”— Chuck Palahniuk

Jaws

Peter Benchley

“robert benchley what a fantastic career that man had he founded the new yorker and then so much later in life he wrote the book jaws”— Chuck Palahniuk

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

“i really love to tell people that sylvia plath was a racist she really was she was totally a racist because she wrote the bell curve no she wrote the bell jar”— Chuck Palahniuk

Seven

“we kind of figure out what's in the box at the end of seven before brad's hit and that makes us smarter and more horrified”— Chuck Palahniuk

The Gift

Lewis Hyde

“the other aspect of lewis hyde that i'm really fascinated with is in his book the gift he writes a great deal about how according to a greek and roman tradition”— Chuck Palahniuk

Jamaica Inn

Daphne du Maurier

“she had read daphne de marie's book jamaica inn which was a huge book in the mid-century and it depicted the what we call the wreckers”— Chuck Palahniuk