[…] Fight Club started as—you guessed it—a novel. Chuck Palahniuk’s book came out in 1996 and inspired the hit movie that had audiences everywhere questioning a culture filled with violence and consumerism. The book stemmed from a germ of an idea Palahniuk had as a volunteer in a hospice, where he would take people to and from support groups. “I found myself sitting in group after group feeling really guilty about being the healthy person sitting there—‘The Tourist.’ So I started thinking—what if someone just faked it? And just sat in these things for the intimacy and the honesty that they provide, the sort of cathartic emotional outlet. That’s really how that whole idea came together.” […]
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