It's hard always to say what it is one likes about a place, for me. I feel it. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
It's an important moment as a reader, I think, when you can forget the question of whether you need to know what… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
[Robert] Aikman would write horror stories that weren't gore, they weren't slashers, and they weren't monster stories either. He called them ghost… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
I have a hunger for justice, but art is a place I've always enjoyed being able to be free - to live… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
My family, before the divorce, moved several times, and after that we moved a whole bunch more times, and so I don't… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
There are stylists I really love. I'm a huge Joan Didion fan - if I wrote something that she might like, then… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
I just started going to shows. I don't know how submerged I am: I feel guilty that I don't get out more,… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
You always feel like your 18-year-old self in some sense. And that's what walking through New York on a June evening feels… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
Adulthood is interesting to adults. But I would never want to write about stuff I dont feel everybody can connect to. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
Young people like to feel self-righteous, like they're on the right side of things. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
I don't write my own publicity materials, I just read 'em and give 'em the OK. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
“But secret agents, like God, only give signs to their confidants. They are also very cruel and even unhappy at times. At any rate,… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
“I am heavy in his arms, and I feel safe there, but I am lost, and I need constantly to be shoring up the… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
The more I learn about stuff the more conscious I become of grave gaps in my knowledge. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
If you get into a fight and somebody punches you, you get two feelings. One: That really hurts. Two: That relief in the realness… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I was a big science fiction fan, but current horror books were harder to get your hands on. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
It's impossible to be content all the time - you have to learn to be content in places where you're unhappy and owning your… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
“It's in the nature of the landscape to change, and it's in the nature of people to help the process along...” — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
Everybody is in various states of needing to transcend something. I believe in mental health care, but when we call people "crazy," we exclude… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
“But resiliency only means that a thing retains its shape. That it doesn’t break, or lose its ability to function. It doesn’t mean a… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
“One thing I’ve learned is it’s better sometimes, in the weeds, to resist the temptation to stand up and follow the compass. *” — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
People always talk about good time rock and roll, Chuck Berry or whatever, like this liberating force for feeling good. But what I need… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
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