Gillian Flynn

“Wow, someone walk over your grave?”

— Gillian Flynn

Coffee goes great with sudden death.

— Gillian Flynn

“I opened the door. Nonononono.”

— Gillian Flynn

“Just got to keep on keeping on”

— Gillian Flynn

I grew up in a house full of books.

— Gillian Flynn

Kansas City is truly an awesome town.

— Gillian Flynn

“Sometimes it is all too loud.”

— Gillian Flynn

“I'm the bitch who makes you a man.”

— Gillian Flynn

“To show don’t tell and all that other writery crap. (Adopted-orphan”

— Gillian Flynn

“I have a meanness inside of me, real as an organ.”

— Gillian Flynn

“She'd used the treasure hunt to take me on a tour of all my infidelities.”

— Gillian Flynn

I was a quirky kid. I think that's the kind way of putting it.

— Gillian Flynn

“Should I remove my soul before I come inside?”

— Gillian Flynn

“She blew more smoke toward me, a lazy game of cancer catch.”

— Gillian Flynn

Being a novelist, you can roam around with a story and indulge yourself.

— Gillian Flynn

Worries find you easily enough without inviting them.

— Gillian Flynn

I feel like I need to give people a note with the book that says, 'I'm OK, no worries!'

— Gillian Flynn

Because I'm a woman writing about women who do bad things, that's somehow very 'other.' When men write that, it's called a…

— Gillian Flynn

That's always been part of my goal - to show the dark side of women. Men write about bad men all the…

— Gillian Flynn

“I still believed he'd love me again somehow, love me that intense, thick way he did, the way that made everything good.”

— Gillian Flynn

“It was a compliment to Nick—C was the correct answer—but he just gave a sour smile when I showed”

— Gillian Flynn

“My penis lay pathetically along my left thigh, like some small animal washed ashore.”

— Gillian Flynn

“She had an unnecessarily loud voice, a bit of a bray, like some enchanted, hot donkey.”

— Gillian Flynn

In marriage, it's best to keep perspective. Get out of your head and get some perspective.

— Gillian Flynn

My imagination is more tweaked by imagining the lives of the people who were there before us. I don't need to give…

— Gillian Flynn

“Sometimes I think I won't ever feel safe until I can count my last days on one hand. Three more days to…

— Gillian Flynn

I've never been interested in watching or reading anything because it's the hero's story. I don't feel the need to be inspired…

— Gillian Flynn

'Rosemary's Baby' is one of my all-time favorite books. I love that it just ends with, you know, 'Hey, the devil's in…

— Gillian Flynn

“It was surprising that you could spend hours in the middle of the night pretending things were okay, and know in thirty…

— Gillian Flynn

“A lot of people lacked that gift: knowing when to fuck off. People love talking, and I have never been a huge…

— Gillian Flynn

“I mean, doesn’t it seem like it could have been two people? Somehow? Michelle’s murder was just—Your mom and Debby were like,…

— Gillian Flynn

“I'm in a foreign land, trying to explain myself, trying to make myself known. Because isn't that the point of every relationship:…

— Gillian Flynn

“My eyes flipped open at exactly six A.M. This was no avian fluttering of the lashes, no gentle blink toward consciousness. The…

— Gillian Flynn

“I don't know that we are actually human at this point, those of us who are like most of us, who grew…

— Gillian Flynn

“Soul mates. They really call themselves that, which makes sense, because I guess they are ... They have no harsh edges with…

— Gillian Flynn

“For Gone Girl, I knew Nick and Amy had to be very believable, so I made ipod playlists for them, and knew…

— Gillian Flynn

“My brain is so busy with Nick thoughts, it’s a swarm inside my head: Nicknicknicknicknick! And when I picture his mind, I…

— Gillian Flynn

“They thought more before nine a.m. than most people thought all month. I remember once declining cherry pie at dinner, and Rand…

— Gillian Flynn

“Nick will come home, sweaty and salty and beer-loose from a day at the ballpark, and I’ll curl up in his lap,…

— Gillian Flynn

“Being the Cool Girl means I am a hot, brilliant, funny woman who adores football, poker, dirty jokes, and burping, who plays…

— Gillian Flynn