Real Quotes by John Darnielle

I don't write my own publicity materials, I just read 'em and give 'em the OK.

— John Darnielle

“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

“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

The more I learn about stuff the more conscious I become of grave gaps in my knowledge.

— John Darnielle

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

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

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

“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

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

“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

“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

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

It's hard always to say what it is one likes about a place, for me. I feel it.

— John Darnielle

“Another nagging little question lodged like a bit of grapeshot in his chest. It was nothing major, but the place where he stored them…

— John Darnielle

I'm not really a goal-oriented guy. I started doing the Mountain Goats just for the sheer hell of it.

— John Darnielle