What my mom failed to understand was that I didn't even want long hair…

Chuck Klosterman
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What my mom failed to understand was that I didn't even want long hair -- I needed long hair. And my desire for protracted, flowing locks had virtually nothing to do with fashion, nor was it a form of protest against the constructions of mainstream society. My motivation was far more philosophical. I wanted to rock. ✨ Chuck Klosterman (2012). Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey In Rural North Dakota, p.17, Simon and Schuster
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Science fiction tends to be philosophy for stupid people. ✨ Chuck Klosterman (2003). Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto, p.157, Simon and Schuster
I am ready to be alone. ✨ Chuck Klosterman (2006). Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story, p.235, Simon and Schuster
Even though I wanted to experience all these things I was interested in, I couldn't get them. So I had to think critically and culturally about what was available.
Book writing is a little different because, in my case, my editor is a year younger than me and basically has the same sensibility as me.
That's like comparing apples with hermaphroditic ground sloths. ✨ Chuck Klosterman (2013). Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, p.80, Faber & Faber

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