Play Quotes by Christopher Bollen

Safety, reputation, their lives, their friends, and their world. Writers typically try to avoid that because it's not expedient.

— Christopher Bollen

There's something about fear and aesthetic that go hand in hand.

— Christopher Bollen

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

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

The death drive is parasitic. It runs off of other drives, leeching off of them.

— Christopher Bollen

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

There's also something sexual about watching the nubile girl in terror. But you do take on her fear as your own.

— Christopher Bollen

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

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

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

One day I want to write a full-on horror book.

— Christopher Bollen

When you create a fence, you keep people out, but you also limit your mobility.

— Christopher Bollen