I suspect by the time the Beatles were writing the White Album, they didn't go, "'I Wanna Hold Your Hand!' I wanna… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
“When the last days come We shall see visions More vivid than sunsets Brighter than stars We will recognize each other And… — 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
The moment where you know the thing you want is ridiculous and pompous and a terrible thing to want anyway. The direction… — 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… — 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
It's impossible to be content all the time - you have to learn to be content in places where you're unhappy and… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
Anger is preverbal, so, by the time you're using words to express an angry feeling, you're already imposing loads of structure on… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
When I was kid, they always used to tell me to keep notebooks. I look at my shelves now and it's just… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
“When you punish a person for dreaming his dream, don't expect him to thank or forgive you / The best ever death… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
I just started writing stuff to kill time on summer evenings. This is why I'm always telling people who ask me what… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
I don't really have any position to complain about my job. Yeah, every job has its moments like, "Ah, you know, it's… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
This is why people cry at the movies: because everybody’s doomed. No one in a movie can help themselves in any way.… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
“It’s hard to describe, this feeling of seeing your kids spending time together like adults, meeting up again after being out there… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
“By the time he was fourteen, Jeremy could locate magnetic north from practically any place in Story County, even in the total… — 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
