There is something very romantic about the orphan figure in American literature. — Christopher Bollen American literature Copy Share Image
There's something about fear and aesthetic that go hand in hand. — Christopher Bollen Aesthetic Copy Share Image
I have to say I do read partly for escapism. Why can't I escape and learn something? — Christopher Bollen Books Copy Share Image
Secrets are never secure because they are always at risk of being found out. — Christopher Bollen Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
My strength is character. I'm pretty good at building walking-talking humans with brains like beehives. — Christopher Bollen Beehives Copy Share Image
I just think, as writers, especially with a book that takes years to write, you sort of wake up every morning hoping… — Christopher Bollen Book Copy Share Image
I don't think secrets are a bad thing. I think there's this idea that everything needs to be transparent in order for… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
Why I love chess and tennis - the volleying aspect, and the fact that your competitors' reactions and motivations and bluffs come… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
It's hard for me to figure out where I want to be. But it's definitely in New York. I feel like New… — Christopher Bollen Challenges Copy Share Image
We lost so many talented artists and writers from the generations before ours that we're really lacking older figureheads. — Christopher Bollen Art Copy Share Image
There's also something sexual about watching the nubile girl in terror. But you do take on her fear as your own. — Christopher Bollen Fear Copy Share Image
“That’s what children eventually were for their aging parents: custodians of technology, free personal IT departments keeping them from disappearing forever” — Christopher Bollen Aging parents Copy Share Image
I've never had a mentor. I've always wanted one. I'm actually really disappointed that nobody took my under their wing. — Christopher Bollen Disappointed Copy Share Image
If you've been in the art world for more than eight years, you realize another generation is making the exact same work… — Christopher Bollen Art Copy Share Image
An album for me as a teenager in the '70s was a fully formed concept. It was a body of work from… — Christopher Bollen Album Copy Share Image
It is a little out of touch to presume that someone wants to follow your every observation and insight over the course… — Christopher Bollen Books Copy Share Image
Someone asked me when it was that I felt confident enough in my writing that I could rely on it as a… — Christopher Bollen Career Copy Share Image
I really believe there is something in the nature of a democracy that naturally leads people to distrust the government, to assume… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
My dad liked more macho adventure books like Shogun or spy novels. My mother reads murder mysteries. In fact, so does her… — Christopher Bollen Adventure Copy Share Image
As much as I adore Agatha Christie - and I think people make this claim about murder mysteries in general - it's… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
“All close friendships are marked with competition. Our earliest tests are against our siblings and playmates, and some of that rivalry endures… — Christopher Bollen Close friends Copy Share Image
Both my parents were big readers. My dad liked more macho adventure books like Shogun or spy novels. My mother reads murder… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
My parents were great parents, but for some bizarre reason they allowed me to watch whatever I wanted on TV, we had… — Christopher Bollen Bizarre Copy Share Image
There are certain moments where artwork might seem like it's part of someone's career - if you really know the art world… — Christopher Bollen Art Copy Share Image
You find when you're writing a detective story that you're actually not trying to solve anything. You're trying to stop the reader… — Christopher Bollen Books Copy Share Image
The first horror movie I saw, in first or second grade, was My Bloody Valentine [1981], where there's a deranged killer in… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
There's a structure to a detective story that I can easily understand. I understand playing that particular game. It's like solving a… — Christopher Bollen Creating Copy Share Image
It's always surprised me that mainstream America had the good taste to like R.E.M. It doesn't have the digestible quality the general… — Christopher Bollen America Copy Share Image
“Like all paintings, the portrait was ruined at the first stroke of paint; it would never be exactly as she had imagined… — Christopher Bollen Artist Copy Share Image
I'm convinced I was the only kid ever who had a Death on the Nile [1978] movie poster and a Murder on… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
I had lived in New York since 1996, sometimes in the worst neighborhoods, without even locking my door half the time. — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
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