636 Quotes by Gillian Flynn

I like the idea that people who see 'Gone Girl' are possibly going to come out with incredibly different reactions to it - not just between men and women, but if you are in a good relationship or a bad relationship. Everyone is going to bring their own bundle of prejudices and viewpoints and experiences to it.

I've always had a fondness for the Gothic. That's what kind of stories attract me: Why do people do bad things?

I love the way the Victorians found a way to put faces in everything: you know, furniture and marble and, you know, everywhere you turn around - the banister, you know, there's someone looking at you.

Being a novelist, you can roam around with a story and indulge yourself.

I would love to do a full-scale graphic novel.

I mostly go under the radar, which is fantastic because I would not be a good famous person.

The skill set that lets you be alone in your pyjamas for two years writing a book is not the same skill set that lets you go on television shows like 'The View' or 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.'

Because I'm a woman writing about women who do bad things, that's somehow very 'other.' When men write that, it's called a novel. It's just a book.

It's important to tell stories, and it's a worthwhile thing to do.