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John Darnielle Quotes

I think all writing is necessarily autobiographical to a greater or lesser extent, and the less it tries to be confessional, the more likely it is that you're somehow sneaking the things you need to say in there.

John Darnielle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: March 16, 1967

Topics

Writing Think You Say More Need

Filmmaking is always sort of building a mosaic of this arc of what the character is going through.

Matthew Fox

Character Building Filmmaking Always

You have to remind casting directors out here that you don't just do one thing. There's a lot of people who do just one thing.

Stephen Root

People You Out Here Just One Just

However, I have a low opinion of people with narrow political horizons. Someone who talks about the environment and knows nothing about economics can make as many mistakes as someone who does the opposite.

Sigmar Gabriel

Mistakes People Economics Opinion

Sometimes I think I'll go off and be a milkman or a greengrocer, some easy job.

Roger Rees

Job Think Easy Go Sometimes Off

A lost of people recognize me and maybe will ask for an autograph, but it's nothing like if Elvis would've done something like that, 'cause he's so popular, or maybe The Beatles 'cause they stirred up a lot of action.

Mickey Gilley

People Me Action Lost Done Nothing

I'm not super-conservative, but a bit of tradition is nice.

Josephine de La Baume

Tradition Nice Bit

To enjoy my music, you need depth and emotionality.

Joni Mitchell

Music Enjoy You Need Depth

I called it Rockabilly 'cause I was rocking the strums, which you're not supposed to do.

Dick Dale

You Cause Rocking Which Supposed

Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.

Christopher Lasch

Business Innovation Conservation

In Ireland, novels and plays still have a strange force. The writing of fiction and the creation of theatrical images can affect life there more powerfully and stealthily than speeches, or even legislation. Imagined worlds can lodge deeply in the private sphere, dislodging much else, especially when the public sphere is fragile.

Colm Toibin

Life Writing Creation Strange More

My forte is the plotting. You sit down, and you work out a plot.

Clive Cussler

Work You Down Out Sit Plot

It's a whole team of people working 24 hours around the clock to make me look like this.

Clay Aiken

People Me Team Look Clock Working