--- title: "7 Gone Girl Quotes By Gillian Flynn" description: "7 Gone Girl quotes by Gillian Flynn. Plus more from Gillian Flynn and more Gone Girl sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/683/gillian-flynn-316_believe_what-i-tell-myself-is-that-there-is-neve_455705.jpg" --- > [What I tell myself is that there is never going to be another 'Gone Girl' for me. I mean, I really believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/what-i-tell-myself-is-that-there-is-never-going-to-be-another-gone/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/683/gillian-flynn-316_believe_what-i-tell-myself-is-that-there-is-neve_455705.jpg) > [I had been laid off from 'Entertainment Weekly 'right before I started writing 'Gone Girl.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/i-had-been-laid-off-from-entertainment-weekly-right-before-i-started/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba5/gillian-flynn-316_entertainment_i-had-been-laid-off-from-entertainment-w_727408.jpg) > [I like the idea that people who see 'Gone Girl' are possibly going to come out with incredibly different reactions to it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/i-like-the-idea-that-people-who-see-gone-girl-are-possibly-going-to/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b9/gillian-flynn-316_bad-relationship_i-like-the-idea-that-people-who-see-gone_808817.jpg) > [I assumed that 'Gone Girl' would do incrementally better than 'Dark Places,' and that would be great. So the fact that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/i-assumed-that-gone-girl-would-do-incrementally-better-than-dark/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca5/gillian-flynn-316_better_i-assumed-that-gone-girl-would-do-increm_1404454.jpg) > [One of my biggest peeves is when the writer hasn't given you enough information to figure everything out. You should be able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/one-of-my-biggest-peeves-is-when-the-writer-hasn-t-given-you-enough/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea9/gillian-flynn-316_beginning_one-of-my-biggest-peeves-is-when-the-wri_1641346.jpg) > [There's nothing that can drive me from zero to crazy faster than a man who comes up to me and says, 'You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/there-s-nothing-that-can-drive-me-from-zero-to-crazy-faster-than-a/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ef/gillian-flynn-316_books_there-s-nothing-that-can-drive-me-from-z_2627583.jpg) > [“For Gone Girl, I knew Nick and Amy had to be very believable, so I made ipod playlists for them, and knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/for-gone-girl-i-knew-nick-and-amy-had-to-be-very-believable-so-i-made/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba4/gillian-flynn-316_books_for-gone-girl-i-knew-nick-and-amy-had-to_2746157.jpg) ## More by Gillian Flynn > [“Our kind of love can go into remission, but it's always waiting to return. Like the world sweetest cancer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/our-kind-of-love-can-go-into-remission-but-it-s-always-waiting-to/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/the-midwest-is-great-because-it-hasn-t-been-entirely-claimed-there-s/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) > [“Sometimes it is all too loud.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/sometimes-it-is-all-too-loud/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/my-thank-yous-always-come-out-rather-labored-i-often-don-t-give-them/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) > [There’s something disturbing about recalling a warm memory and feeling utterly cold.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/there-s-something-disturbing-about-recalling-a-warm-memory-and/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) > [“My life has begun to feel like an epilogue.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/my-life-has-begun-to-feel-like-an-epilogue/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) > [“The Victorians, especially southern Victorians, needed a lot of room to stray away from each other, to duck tuberculosis and flu, to avoid rapacious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/the-victorians-especially-southern-victorians-needed-a-lot-of-room-to/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) > [“You think: Oh, here is the rest of my life. It’s finally arrived.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/you-think-oh-here-is-the-rest-of-my-life-it-s-finally-arrived/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) > [What a generous thing that is, I realize, for a husband to try to make his wife laugh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/what-a-generous-thing-that-is-i-realize-for-a-husband-to-try-to-make/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) > [I am a great believer in jobs for teens. They teach important life lessons, build character, and inflict just the right amount of humiliation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/i-am-a-great-believer-in-jobs-for-teens-they-teach-important-life/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) > [“you'd literally lie, cheat, and steal -hell, kill- to convince people you are a good guy”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/you-d-literally-lie-cheat-and-steal-hell-kill-to-convince-people-you/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/my-imagination-is-more-tweaked-by-imagining-the-lives-of-the-people/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) > [“Given my druthers now, I’d prefer a snapshot of Warren Harding’s wife, “the Duchess,” who recorded the smallest offenses in a little red notebook…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/given-my-druthers-now-i-d-prefer-a-snapshot-of-warren-harding-s-wife/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) > [A town so suffocating and small, you tripped over people you hated every day. People who knew things about you. It's the kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/a-town-so-suffocating-and-small-you-tripped-over-people-you-hated/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) > [“For a long time Cool Girl offended me. I used to see men - friends, coworkers, strangers - giddy over these awful pretender women,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/for-a-long-time-cool-girl-offended-me-i-used-to-see-men-friends/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gone-girl/gillian-flynn/#itemlist", "name": "7 Gone Girl Quotes By Gillian Flynn", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What I tell myself is that there is never going to be another 'Gone Girl' for me. I mean, I really believe that. 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