Chuck Palahniuk

The muffled thunder of dialogue comes through the walls, then a chorus of laughter. Then more thunder. Most of the laugh tracks on television were recorded in the early 1950s. These days, most of the people you hear laughing are dead.

Until you deal with your real personal issues, you'll never be able to control yourself.

These people so scared of silence. These are my neighbors. These sound-oholics. These quiet-ophobics.

Either an ancient cursed Egyptian mummy has come back to life and is trying to kill the people next door, or they're watching a movie.