“My story would satisfy Desi's craving for ruined women -- I was now the most damaged of them all.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I love a good worst-case scenario. My brain just kind of works that way. I like that idea of how much a… — Gillian Flynn Brain Copy Share Image
“It had gotten to the point where it seemed like nothing matters, because I’m not a real person and neither is anyone… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“I knew I liked her then, really liked her, this girl with an explanation for everything.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
Give me a man with a little fight in him, a man who calls me on my bullshit. (But who also kind… — Gillian Flynn Bullshit Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think illness sits inside every woman, waiting for the right moment to bloom.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I do love 'The Turn of the Screw' - I just think that one's always so disturbing. — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“When a child knows that young that her mother doesn't care for her, bad things happen.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“I don’t get why I need to prove my love to you by remembering the exact same things you do, the exact… — Gillian Flynn Life Copy Share Image
“We had spent years battling for control of our marriage, of our love story, our life story. I had been thoroughly, finally… — Gillian Flynn Life Copy Share Image
“I’d go out each morning and beg for six hours. I knew who to approach and for how long and exactly what… — Gillian Flynn Money Copy Share Image
“There are few phrases that annoy me more than I won't bite. The only line that pisses me off faster is when… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“Either way felt weird. Either way would lead to jokes. Trey was the kind of guy that would look for something just… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“I read all kinds of novels, as long as they’re good. I get a bit piqued when people say, 'I don’t really… — Gillian Flynn Book Copy Share Image
Women get consumed. Not surprising, considering the sheer amount of traffic a woman's body experiences. Tampons and speculums. Cocks, fingers, vibrators and… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“My gosh, Nick, why are you so wonderful to me?' He was supposed to say: You deserve it. I love you. But… — Gillian Flynn Deserve love Copy Share Image
“Just as Amy took the credit for making me my best self, I had to take the blame for bringing the madness… — Gillian Flynn Identity Copy Share Image
“She has that voraciousness about children. She swoops in on them. Even I, in public was a beloved child. She'd parade me… — Gillian Flynn Baby Copy Share Image
“I am a cutter, you see. Also a snipper, a slicer, a carver, a jabber. I am a very special case. I… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“And then you run into Nick Dunne on the Seventh Avenue as you're buying diced cantaloupe, and pow, you are known, you… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I'm not someone who can be depended one five days a week. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday? I don't even get out… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“You know how, in court, they talk about the CSI effect? Like, everyone on the jury has watched so much CSI that… — Gillian Flynn Bad guy Copy Share Image
As a kid in the eighties, I didn't need much disposable income. I went to Catholic school - white shirt, plaid skirt… — Gillian Flynn Choices Copy Share Image
“It was a gross, tasteless thing to say – my brain had been burping up such inappropriate thoughts at inopportune moments. Mental… — Gillian Flynn Defense mechanism Copy Share Image
“I would rather be a librarian, but I worry about the job security. Books may be temporary; dicks are forever.” — Gillian Flynn Books Copy Share Image
Some of the most disturbing, sick relationships I've witnessed are between long-time friends, and especially mothers and daughters. — Gillian Flynn Children Copy Share Image
I do spend - I feel like I spend about my first 20 minutes at any cocktail party convincing people that I'm… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
Women are just as violently minded as men are, but with men, it's taken for granted. — Gillian Flynn Feminism Copy Share Image
The best crime reporters don't mind charging in - but they also know how to do it as decent human beings. — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
What an indulgence it would be, to just blow off my head, all my mean spirits disappearing with a gun blast, like… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“Here in Missouri, the women shop at Target, they make diligent, comforting meals, they laugh about how little high school Spanish they… — Gillian Flynn High school Copy Share Image
Love makes you want to be a better man. But maybe love, real love, also gives you permission to just be the… — Gillian Flynn Better man Copy Share Image
“Well, rich people need stuff to buy, and socks are probably as good as anything.” — Gillian Flynn Money Copy Share Image
What a generous thing that is, I realize, for a husband to try to make his wife laugh. — Gillian Flynn Generous Copy Share Image
Ah, well, being conflicted means you can live a shallow life without copping to be a shallow person. — Gillian Flynn Life Copy Share Image
“In truth, I wanted her to read my mind so I didn't have to stoop to the womanly art of articulation.” — Gillian Flynn Art Copy Share Image
“I don't have anything else to add. I just wanted to make sure I had the last word. I think I've earned… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“If she's sad or upset or angry, she needs to be alone-she fears a man dismissing her womanly tears.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“I am something to be tossed into a junkyard, thrown into the river, if necessary. I don’t feel real anymore. I feel… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I can't think of anything more crushing than slowly, over time, realizing exactly how wrong you were about someone. — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
