“Give me a man with a little fight in him, a man who calls me on my bullshit.” — Gillian Flynn Fight Copy Share Image
“But even as he was thinking this, he knew he’d have to aim smaller. That’s what he learned from his life so… — Gillian Flynn Life Copy Share Image
“I’m not just pretty anymore, I am pretty for my age. It is the truth: My value has decreased.” — Gillian Flynn Truth Copy Share Image
I love Joyce Carol Oates. I love Margaret Atwood, T.C. Boyle. Arthur Phillips is always consistent. — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“Everywhere felt like a jail now- doors opening and closing, and me never feeling safe.” — Gillian Flynn Doors Opening Copy Share Image
“I don’t even want to ask,’ he said. ‘You two are the most fucked-up people I have ever met, and I specialize… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I had been laid off from 'Entertainment Weekly 'right before I started writing 'Gone Girl.' — Gillian Flynn Entertainment Copy Share Image
“Wouldn't it be so lovely to just forget about Nick, those awful five years, and move on?” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“It was surprising that you could spend hours in the middle of the night pretending things were okay, and know in thirty… — Gillian Flynn Daylight Copy Share Image
“Andie was a physical girl, and that's not code for 'It's all about the sex'. She was a hugger, a toucher, she… — Gillian Flynn Programming Copy Share Image
“Cool Girls never get angry; they only smile in a chagrined, loving manner and let their men do whatever they want. Go… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
Bang bang bang. I understand now why so many horror movies use that device-the mysterious knock on the door-because it has the… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“He could cheat on me and he would never tell me, and he would think less and less of me for not… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm naturally a good person. I think some people have an innate goodness to them, and I am sort… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I am a great believer in jobs for teens. They teach important life lessons, build character, and inflict just the right amount… — Gillian Flynn Character Copy Share Image
“People do what they’re supposed to do and then wait for you to pile on the appreciation—they’re like frozen-yogurt employees who put… — Gillian Flynn Appreciation Copy Share Image
“I was pretending, the way I often did, pretending to have a personality. I cant help it, it's what I've always done:… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“I think maybe, when I was very young, I witnessed a chaste cheek kiss between the two when it was impossible to… — Gillian Flynn Abuse Copy Share Image
“You are not dating a woman, you are dating a woman who has watched too many movies written by socially awkward men… — Gillian Flynn Dating Copy Share Image
“I was told love should be unconditional. That's the rule, everyone says so. But if love has no boundaries, no limits, no… — Gillian Flynn Love Copy Share Image
“I regretted what a serious teenager I'd been: There were no posters of pop stars or favorite movies, no girlish collection of… — Gillian Flynn Favorite movie Copy Share Image
“At some point, Len was going to make a real pass at her, forcing her to make a real decision, and the… — Gillian Flynn Coyote Copy Share Image
“She had what the Victorians would call a finely shaped head . You could imagine the skull quite easily. I'd know her… — Gillian Flynn Psychology Copy Share Image
“I really hope you like this," he says again, and flings open the door. It's a glass room, a greenhouse, I realize.… — Gillian Flynn Flower Copy Share Image
“So let everyone take sides. Team Nick, Team Amy. Turn it into even more of a game: Sell some fucking T-shirts.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I've always had a fondness for the Gothic. That's what kind of stories attract me: Why do people do bad things? — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
There are so many good books, I don't want to only read within one particular type. — Gillian Flynn Books Copy Share Image
“All those milk-fed, hog-fed, beef-fed early years. All those extra hormones we put in our livestock. We’ll be seeing toddlers with tits… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
He was one of those guys who'd pronounce I'm a hugger as he came at you, neglecting to ask if the feeling… — Gillian Flynn Feelings Copy Share Image
“He did apologize profusely. (Does anyone do anything profusely except apologize? Sweat, I guess.)” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
There’s something disturbing about recalling a warm memory and feeling utterly cold. — Gillian Flynn Cold Copy Share Image
“Amy's basically exploiting the sociopath's most reliable maxim. The bigger the lie, the more they believe it.” — Gillian Flynn Sociopath Copy Share Image
“Amma and I were sick just like Marian. It had to be made that obvious to me before I finally understood—nearly twenty… — Gillian Flynn Marian Copy Share Image
“If ifs and buts were candies and nuts we’d all have a very Merry Christmas,” — Gillian Flynn Candies Copy Share Image
I tend to write about dark things that happen in a very domestic setting 'cause that, to me, is much scarier than… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
Everytime people said I was pretty, I thought of everything ugly swarming beneath my clothes. — Gillian Flynn Clothes Copy Share Image
“As we move forward with the investigation, we can only hope that Amy comes back to us. Her story must continue. The… — Gillian Flynn Move forward Copy Share Image
Ironic people always dissolve when confronted with earnestness, it's their kryptonite — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“It is a January party, definitely, everyone still glutted and sugar-pissed from the holidays, lazy and irritated simultaneously.” — Gillian Flynn Holiday Copy Share Image
People love talking, and I have never been a huge talker. I carry on an inner monologue, but the words often don't… — Gillian Flynn Lips Copy Share Image
