To refuse has so many more consequences than submitting. Gillian Flynn More Quotes by Gillian Flynn More Quotes From Gillian Flynn I was raised feral, and I mostly stayed that way. Gillian Flynn raised way I'm a true-crime addict. It's not something I'm particularly proud of, but I can't stop. Gillian Flynn crime i-can proud My dad had limitations. That's what my good-hearted mom always told us. He had limitations, but he meant no harm. It was kind of her to say, but he did do harm. Gillian Flynn dad mom kind The question I've asked more often during our marriage, if not out loud, if not to the person who could answer. I supposed these questions storm cloud over every marriage: What are you thinking how are you feeling? Who are you? What have we done to each other? What will we do? Gillian Flynn fear clouds thinking Tampon commercial, detergent commercial, maxi pad commercial, windex commercial - you'd think all women do is clean and bleed. Gillian Flynn tampons marketing thinking I like the discipline of writing a script. You can't go into the character's head - you have to find these creative ways to help externalize what they're thinking. Gillian Flynn writing character thinking My imagination is more tweaked by imagining the lives of the people who were there before us. I don't need to give myself the willies. I'm quite good at that - I can freak myself out wherever I am. Gillian Flynn imagination giving people I'm a huge fan of ghost stories, that sort of slow build, the suspense and the questioning about whether you're imagining something or if it's real. Gillian Flynn ghost-stories fans real People focus on the darker female characters in my books, but for every one of those, I can also show you an equally screwed up man that no one ever comments about, or a nicer woman that no one comments about. Gillian Flynn character men book I think there is something very relatable in the idea that you hit a certain age, later in your life, where you realize you have to pick up the rug and see what's underneath it and deal with stuff. Gillian Flynn age ideas thinking For me, suspense is always harder and better than going for the quick, outright scare. Gillian Flynn better me always suspense I watched 'Psycho' a million times. Gillian Flynn watched million times psycho You don't normally see incredibly ugly people who've gone missing and it becomes a sensation. Gillian Flynn see you ugly people Some of the most disturbing, sick relationships I've witnessed are between long-time friends, and especially mothers and daughters. Gillian Flynn relationships some friends sick There's nothing lovelier than having a newborn and still plotting a dark conspiracy. Gillian Flynn nothing newborn conspiracy dark A theme that has always interested me is how women express anger, how women express violence. That is very much part of who women are, and it's so unaddressed. A vast amount of literature deals with cycles of violence about men, antiheroes. Women lack that vocabulary. Gillian Flynn me women anger men I find, the older I get, the more surprised I am about how hesitant people are to say what they really want, what they really dream about, what really drives them. It's as if sometimes we're sort of embarrassed, as we get older, to be transparent about that. But you save so much time if you're transparent about what you want. Gillian Flynn i-am you time people I think women are very ambidextrous. We don't think twice about reading a book or a movie starring guys. But for guys, it's, like, 'Oh my God, that's a woman thing.' So with my son, I very carefully portion out the female heroes and characters to make sure he's getting an equal amount. Gillian Flynn woman women god son I am a great believer in jobs for teens. They teach important life lessons, build character, and inflict just the right amount of humiliation necessary for future success in the working world. Gillian Flynn i-am future success life Women are just as violently minded as men are, but with men, it's taken for granted. Gillian Flynn just taken-for-granted women men
