When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family. — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
I get inspired by my friends, and if a friend is a writer, that is even deeper. — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
Our job as writers, as far as I can tell, is to attempt to express what seems inexpressible. — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
Read as much as you can. Write only when you feel the inner need to do so. And don’t ever rush into… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
What I do is write, and I try to write as closely as I can into what I call 'the mystery.' — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
The only strategy I know of is to write every day, which I don't always do, because sometimes I just can't, for… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
If you're going to write about someone's life, you don't just use them for wallpaper. You have to honor and respect that… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family. My father had always identified… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
My father had always identified himself as a writer to my mother when they met. When they met, he was writing this… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
I became an electrician after high school. But I always had this thing in me to write. But it was always a… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
Writers, especially poets, are particularly prone to madness. There exists a striking association between creativity and manic depression. Why are more creative… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
“(2002) In Rome, month upon month, I struggled with how to structure the book about my father (He already had the water,… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
There are many ways to drown, only the most obvious wave their arms as they're going under. — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
We got him to talk to a psych doctor once, the doctor asked if he heard things other people don't. Sure, Paul answered, I… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
“When I was really drunk, I started that stupid business with the bullet in my guts again. I was the only guy at the… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
“He claims not to be drinking, but I don’t think he knows what this means.” — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
By the time I make my way to the border of Mauritania, to the edge of the Sahara, I see no end to being… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
“(2002) In Rome, month upon month, I struggled with how to structure the book about my father (He already had the water, he just… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
In life you get one take, and it's perfect. It's strange, afterwards you might think I shouldn't have reacted that way, but that's the… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
For years before I became a father, I would try to spend as much time as I could with my friends who were parents… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
“The boat has become supreme isolation, chosen isolation, holding myself apart from the world, which I only dimly understand anyway. I can sit on… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
