You find when you're writing a detective story that you're actually not trying to solve anything. You're trying to stop the reader… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
I just think, as writers, especially with a book that takes years to write, you sort of wake up every morning hoping… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
There is something very romantic about the orphan figure in American literature. — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
It is a little out of touch to presume that someone wants to follow your every observation and insight over the course… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
My dad liked more macho adventure books like Shogun or spy novels. My mother reads murder mysteries. In fact, so does her… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
There seem to be two ways of generating interest from the reader: withholding information or by telling the reader on the first… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
I like the idea of the book being wiser than the person who wrote it. None of the novels I've written are… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
I would stay at my grandma's house on my birthday every year and I remember she had a bookshelf of murder mystery… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
I also wonder why is it that so many of the movies and books that are detective stories are also the most… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
Both my parents were big readers. My dad liked more macho adventure books like Shogun or spy novels. My mother reads murder… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
I have to say I do read partly for escapism. Why can't I escape and learn something? — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
Safety, reputation, their lives, their friends, and their world. Writers typically try to avoid that because it's not expedient. — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
There's something about fear and aesthetic that go hand in hand. — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
You find when you're writing a detective story that you're actually not trying to solve anything. You're trying to stop the reader from solving… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
I'm convinced I was the only kid ever who had a Death on the Nile [1978] movie poster and a Murder on the Orient… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
The death drive is parasitic. It runs off of other drives, leeching off of them. — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
It's hard for me to figure out where I want to be. But it's definitely in New York. I feel like New York throws… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
There's also something sexual about watching the nubile girl in terror. But you do take on her fear as your own. — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
I've never had a mentor. I've always wanted one. I'm actually really disappointed that nobody took my under their wing. — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
The Greeks really believed in history. They believed that the past had consequences and that you might be punished for the sins of your… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
I was never afraid on stage. That's where I was the least afraid. I could just do what I do and I had the… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
When you create a fence, you keep people out, but you also limit your mobility. — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
