There's no such thing as mental illness. We're all mentally ill and we're all haunted by something, and some people manage to… — 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
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
Every place on earth has a frequency. It's not good or bad, it's just the way it is, and if you can… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
The possibility of disaster remains horrific to me. Like when you know everything's about to go wrong in a way that's not… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
There's this idea that there was a point in our childhood when we were in some way better than we are now… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
I think grief is a huge subject; it's one of the things that everybody is going to confront in one way or… — 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
Normal adult shopping is something I will never actually do, because it's no more possible for me to go shopping like normal… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
There are so many ways to respond to music besides feeling like someone's communicating with you. It gives me a charge. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
One way you can get really close to God is to sin as hard as you can. — 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
