“There was nothing I wanted to do more than be unconscious again, wrapped in black, gone away. I was raw. I felt… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I think that women really entwine with the people that they become close to in a way that men don't - and… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“The ones we picked? We didn’t call them marks, or prey or victims. We called them Tonys, because my dad was named… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I grew up in the '80s where there's a lot of these kind of post-apocalyptic, post-comet, post-whatever it was, so that always… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
They always call depression the blues, but I would have been happy to waken to a periwinkle outlook. Depression to me is… — Gillian Flynn Blues Copy Share Image
One of my rules about writing exercises is you never are allowed to put them in your book because it's just too… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“I could build my days around charity committees and home decoration and gardening and volunteering, and I don't think there's anything wrong… — Gillian Flynn Feminism Copy Share Image
“Against the far wall was a wire cage holding a pack of unblinking bunnies. World’s dumbest pet, I thought. Who would want… — Gillian Flynn Animals Copy Share Image
My first job had me miscast as a bubbly shopgirl; I was pathologically shy and, thus, tended to replace human speech with… — Gillian Flynn Being Copy Share Image
“I don't feel like Nick's wife. I don't feel like a person at all: I am something to be loaded and unloaded,… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“I put on a skirt and blouse for the meeting, feeling dwarfy, my grown up, big-girl clothes never quite fitting. I'm barely… — Gillian Flynn Dark places Copy Share Image
A really great popcorn movie is extremely hard to pull off. A really great popcorn book is equally hard to pull off,… — Gillian Flynn Book Copy Share Image
“How do you know you're not Cool Girl? Because he says things like: 'I like strong women.' If he says that to… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“The question I've asked more often during our marriage, if not out loud, if not to the person who could answer. I… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“We could leave the country if you want. Live in Spain, Italy, wherever you like, spend our days eating mangoes in the… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“I walk a loop around the neighborhood, waiting for Nick to appear, to guide me back to our house. The rain spackles… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“All of a sudden you see reading in bed and waffles on Sunday and laughing at nothing and his mouth on yours.… — Gillian Flynn Beautiful Copy Share Image
I have two kids, and anyone who has a kid in order to feel loved is going to be in trouble because… — Gillian Flynn Child Copy Share Image
One of my biggest peeves is when the writer hasn't given you enough information to figure everything out. You should be able… — Gillian Flynn Beginning Copy Share Image
“Would you still love me if I killed someone?” I said nothing. My breath was coming too fast. “I would still love… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“He's calling you a Cool Girl to fool you! That's what men do: they try to make it sound like you are… — Gillian Flynn Car salesman Copy Share Image
“No.” I folded in on myself, ignoring my meal, projecting glumness. That was another of my mom’s words: glum. It meant having… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“She chirps the last bit as if that were all to say about a book: It’s good or it’s bad. I liked… — Gillian Flynn Books Copy Share Image
I love Robin Wright's character in 'House of Cards' because she's a bona fide villain. She's a not-nice person in a believable… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“Because I realized I'd be stuck doing all the hard stuff," she reasoned. "All the diapers and doctors' appointments and discipline, and… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“I like to think I am confident and secure and mature enough to know Nick loves me without him constantly proving it.… — Gillian Flynn Confident Copy Share Image
“he's always been moody. Even when he was a baby he was like a cat. All snuggly one second and then the… — Gillian Flynn Moody Copy Share Image
There's a book by Anne Rivers Siddons called 'The House Next Door' that I just think is one of the all-time great… — Gillian Flynn Books Copy Share Image
