“Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it. I drank more and continued my mantra.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“It was enough to be near her and hear her talk, it didn't always matter what she was saying. It should have,… — Gillian Flynn Heart Copy Share Image
“It’s probably why I was so hateful to her, she kept me from what I wanted the most.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“You don’t ever want to be the wife who keeps her husband from playing poker.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“The day after Independence Day, the sulfur from the fireworks mingling with the ocean salt - summer.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“I take a giant breath, roll my anger up into a red rubber ball, and mentally kick it out into space.” — Gillian Flynn Anger Copy Share Image
“You're sexist. I'm so sick of liberal lefty men practicing sexual discrimination under the guise of protecting women against sexual discrimination.” — Gillian Flynn Feminism Copy Share Image
“I was not a lovable child, and I’d grown into a deeply unlovable adult. Draw a picture of my soul, and it’d… — Gillian Flynn Adults Copy Share Image
I've always been a mystery fan. My very first grown-up book, I distinctly remember going to the library and my mom helping… — Gillian Flynn Book Copy Share Image
“All the stuff I don't like about myself has been pushed to the back of my brain. Maybe that is what I… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“Every morning she’d crick herself down onto the flimsy rug by her bed and pray, but it was actually a promise: Today… — Gillian Flynn Enjoy today Copy Share Image
The skill set that lets you be alone in your pyjamas for two years writing a book is not the same skill… — Gillian Flynn Alone Copy Share Image
My interest is in turning over a rock and seeing what's underneath. It's a personality trait more than anything; it's what made… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“We weren’t ourselves when we fell in love, and when we became ourselves – surprise! – we were poison. We complete each… — Gillian Flynn Love Copy Share Image
My first two novels featured narrators who were aggressively unattached: They couldn't form any sort of genuine relationship. So I had thoroughly… — Gillian Flynn Books Copy Share Image
Writing has certainly helped me explore about 20,000 versions of my authentic self. I suppose that's what most writers discover if they… — Gillian Flynn Authentic self Copy Share Image
“Winter. No one likes winter.” “It gets dark early, I like that.” “Why?” Because that means the day has ended. I like… — Gillian Flynn Flower Copy Share Image
“Downstairs, I could hear the return of a long-lost sound: Amy making breakfast. Banging wooden cupboards (rump-thump!), rattling containers of tin and… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“You have the same rhythm. Click. You just know each other. All of a sudden you see reading in bed and waffles… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“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 Personality traits Copy Share Image
“But one day I will wear him down, I will catch him off guard, and he will lose the energy for the… — Gillian Flynn Marriage Copy Share Image
“Just as Amy took the credit for making me my best self, I had to take the blame for bringing the madness… — Gillian Flynn Identity Copy Share Image
“She has that voraciousness about children. She swoops in on them. Even I, in public was a beloved child. She'd parade me… — Gillian Flynn Baby Copy Share Image
“A lot of people lacked that gift: knowing when to fuck off. People love talking, and I have never been a huge… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“Do you ever feel like bad things are going to happen, and you can’t stop them? You can’t do anything, you just… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“He thought I’d be his best reporter, said I had a surprising mind. In my two years on the job I’d consistently… — Gillian Flynn Journalism Copy Share Image
I am not someone who has hobbies. I have tried knitting, and I can't figure it out. — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“I thought being home might do you good, but … I forget sometimes parents aren’t always … good for their kids.” — Gillian Flynn Child Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t that I truly felt bad that I’d upset my mother—it was more that I hated any debits in her column.” — Gillian Flynn Mother Copy Share Image
I was not a nice little girl. My favorite summertime hobby was stunning ants and feeding them to spiders. — Gillian Flynn Ants Copy Share Image
“Marriage is compromise and hard work,and then more hard work and communication and compromise. And then work. Abandon all hope, ye who… — Gillian Flynn Communication Copy Share Image
“So are there any asshole guys here I can start dating?' she says. 'That's, like, my pattern.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“Danish. I’d come to believe there was no food more depressing than Danish, a pastry that seemed stale upon arrival.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“That’s what I did, though—I had angry, defensive conversations in my head, got mad at things that hadn’t even happened yet. Yet.… — Gillian Flynn Angry Copy Share Image
“I really believe Nick will come after me. I turn toward the house and see only a closed door.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“She’d always been one of those girls who wanted what anyone else had, even if she didn’t want it.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“She talked to me because we had the same chemicals in our blood: shame, anger, greed. Unjustified nostalgia. I” — Gillian Flynn Nostalgia Copy Share Image
I was very interested in what happens to the husband when his wife goes missing, and how quickly they can be turned… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
Even good characters have their dark sides, and I think it is important that women aren't seen as innately good. — Gillian Flynn Characters Copy Share Image
I like westerns, fantasy, sci-fi, graphic novels, thrillers, and I try to avoid the word 'genre' altogether. A good book is a… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
