--- title: "13 Way Quotes By Gillian Flynn" description: "13 Way quotes by Gillian Flynn. Plus more from Gillian Flynn and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/gillian-flynn-316_calm_to-pretend-to-be-calm-is-to-be-calm-in-a_1311567.jpg" --- > [To pretend to be calm is to be calm, in a way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/to-pretend-to-be-calm-is-to-be-calm-in-a-way/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/gillian-flynn-316_calm_to-pretend-to-be-calm-is-to-be-calm-in-a_1311567.jpg) > [I was a quirky kid. I think that's the kind way of putting it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/i-was-a-quirky-kid-i-think-that-s-the-kind-way-of-putting-it/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e9/gillian-flynn-316_childhood_i-was-a-quirky-kid-i-think-that-s-the-ki_2761731.jpg) > [I like the discipline of writing a script. You can't go into the character's head - you have to find these creative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/i-like-the-discipline-of-writing-a-script-you-can-t-go-into-the/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/gillian-flynn-316_character_i-like-the-discipline-of-writing-a-scrip_2322357.jpg) > [I do spend - I feel like I spend about my first 20 minutes at any cocktail party convincing people that I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/i-do-spend-i-feel-like-i-spend-about-my-first-20-minutes-at-any/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/500/gillian-flynn-316_feel_i-do-spend-i-feel-like-i-spend-about-my_1125998.jpg) > [I always loved ghost stories and haunted house stories, whether they were done in a fantasy way or done in a realistic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/i-always-loved-ghost-stories-and-haunted-house-stories-whether-they/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/132/gillian-flynn-316_done_i-always-loved-ghost-stories-and-haunted_3179255.jpg) > [I want books to give me insight into the way people's brains work and hearts work, and that's what engages me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/i-want-books-to-give-me-insight-into-the-way-people-s-brains-work-and/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a9/gillian-flynn-316_book_i-want-books-to-give-me-insight-into-the_479734.jpg) > [I think mystery writers and thriller writers - whatever genre you want to call it - are taking on some of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/i-think-mystery-writers-and-thriller-writers-whatever-genre-you-want/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/718/gillian-flynn-316_compelling_i-think-mystery-writers-and-thriller-wri_2785427.jpg) > [I waited patiently - years - for the pendulum to swing the other way, for men to start reading Jane Austen, learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/i-waited-patiently-years-for-the-pendulum-to-swing-the-other-way-for/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/gillian-flynn-316_austen_i-waited-patiently-years-for-the-pendulu_1830162.jpg) > [I love the way the Victorians found a way to put faces in everything: you know, furniture and marble and, you know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/i-love-the-way-the-victorians-found-a-way-to-put-faces-in-everything/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46e/gillian-flynn-316_everything_i-love-the-way-the-victorians-found-a-wa_2943078.jpg) > [I think that women really entwine with the people that they become close to in a way that men don't - and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/i-think-that-women-really-entwine-with-the-people-that-they-become/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b3/gillian-flynn-316_i-think_i-think-that-women-really-entwine-with-t_986716.jpg) > [As a kid in the eighties, I didn't need much disposable income. I went to Catholic school - white shirt, plaid skirt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/as-a-kid-in-the-eighties-i-didn-t-need-much-disposable-income-i-went/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e3/gillian-flynn-316_choices_as-a-kid-in-the-eighties-i-didn-t-need-m_979444.jpg) > [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…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/398/gillian-flynn-316_great_the-midwest-is-great-because-it-hasn-t-b_3632.jpg) > [“I was pretending, the way I often did, pretending to have a personality. I cant help it, it's what I've always done:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/i-was-pretending-the-way-i-often-did-pretending-to-have-a-personality/) [Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/gillian-flynn-316_done_i-was-pretending-the-way-i-often-did-pre_2927642.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/way/gillian-flynn/#itemlist", "name": "13 Way Quotes By Gillian Flynn", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To pretend to be calm is to be calm, in a way.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gillian Flynn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/to-pretend-to-be-calm-is-to-be-calm-in-a-way/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/gillian-flynn-316_calm_to-pretend-to-be-calm-is-to-be-calm-in-a_1311567.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/gillian-flynn-316_calm_to-pretend-to-be-calm-is-to-be-calm-in-a_1311567.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/gillian-flynn-316_calm_to-pretend-to-be-calm-is-to-be-calm-in-a_1311567.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To pretend to be calm is to be calm, in a way.” — Gillian Flynn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was a quirky kid. 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