John Darnielle

When I was a kid, I was a big science fiction fan, but current horror books were harder to get your hands…

— John Darnielle

Human beings are selfish by nature. Everything that happens to a child, you immediately grab your own child and say, "I will…

— John Darnielle

“The most remarkable thing about you standing in the doorway is that it’s you, and that you’re standing in the doorway.”

— John Darnielle

I'm so disconnected from an indie-rock community that I am the hermit people used to guess I was.

— John Darnielle

I am at a place in my life where the more like a cave I can make my surroundings, the happier I…

— John Darnielle

People talk about songwriting or comedy as creative expression, but life is creative expression. Table-making, even nursing, is extraordinarily creative.

— John Darnielle

“Not everybody wants to get out and see the world. Nothing wrong with that. Sometimes you just want to figure out hwo…

— John Darnielle

May we all emerge from winter with our strength renewed and any unwanted pieces left under the ice.

— John Darnielle

“I hope I get to watch porn with you, Abs?” he said, eyebrows up. “Am I hearing this right? I just want…

— John Darnielle

I just started writing stuff to kill time on summer evenings. This is why I'm always telling people who ask me what…

— John Darnielle

In the present political situation, it's an interesting phenomenon to look at: what is the appeal of an autocratic leader? Why do…

— John Darnielle

North Carolina was on the vanguard of being for [ trans rights ], and that's why we're seeing this push back. The…

— John Darnielle

There are stylists I really love. I'm a huge Joan Didion fan - if I wrote something that she might like, then…

— John Darnielle

Every place on earth has a frequency. It's not good or bad, it's just the way it is, and if you can…

— John Darnielle

This is why people cry at the movies: because everybody’s doomed. No one in a movie can help themselves in any way.…

— John Darnielle

If you get into a fight and somebody punches you, you get two feelings. One: That really hurts. Two: That relief in…

— John Darnielle

I couldn't name more than a couple of good drum'n'bass acts, and I have no idea what's big in the dance world…

— John Darnielle

I don't understand being idle; I don't have an idle setting. I probably should develop one.

— John Darnielle

Adulthood is interesting to adults. But I would never want to write about stuff I dont feel everybody can connect to.

— John Darnielle

Life is hard, you're tired, and there's disease. The strategy that works for children is to be delighted by the things that…

— John Darnielle

It's a cliché to state that one should think like a child, but it's clear that kids know something that the world…

— John Darnielle