“She chirps the last bit as if that were all to say about a book: It’s good or it’s bad. I liked… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I've seen movies that are slavishly devoted to books but don't work because they haven't turned it into a movie: they've turned… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
There's nothing that can drive me from zero to crazy faster than a man who comes up to me and says, 'You… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
A really great popcorn movie is extremely hard to pull off. A really great popcorn book is equally hard to pull off,… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“For Gone Girl, I knew Nick and Amy had to be very believable, so I made ipod playlists for them, and knew… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“I read all kinds of novels, as long as they’re good. I get a bit piqued when people say, 'I don’t really… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“Guess what Jeff found in his cabin for me," Grete says, "another book by the Martian Chronicle guy." "Ray Bradburrow", Jeff says.… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
The first time my mom read my very first book, she was like, 'I'm not gonna belabor this. It's not a big… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
People focus on the darker female characters in my books, but for every one of those, I can also show you an… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
One of my rules about writing exercises is you never are allowed to put them in your book because it's just too… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“Our kind of love can go into remission, but it's always waiting to return. Like the world sweetest cancer.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
The midwest is great because it hasn't been entirely claimed. There's more room to write about it; it's harder to write about New York,… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“My thank-yous always come out rather labored. I often don't give them at all. People do what they're supposed to do and then wait… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
There’s something disturbing about recalling a warm memory and feeling utterly cold. — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“The Victorians, especially southern Victorians, needed a lot of room to stray away from each other, to duck tuberculosis and flu, to avoid rapacious… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
What a generous thing that is, I realize, for a husband to try to make his wife laugh. — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I am a great believer in jobs for teens. They teach important life lessons, build character, and inflict just the right amount of humiliation… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“you'd literally lie, cheat, and steal -hell, kill- to convince people you are a good guy” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
My imagination is more tweaked by imagining the lives of the people who were there before us. I don't need to give myself the… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
