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I start writing, pull whatever images happen to occur to me and make up a story, instead of starting with details that are real and I know of and going from there.
John Darnielle
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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
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You can get into anything if you are determined. I always thought that with music, too.
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I seem to get the best work when I'm angry and depressed and alienated.
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Everybody experiences reality in a way that's only true for them.
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The more I learn about stuff the more conscious I become of grave gaps in my knowledge.
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I make up stories that take place in real space with real people. If I could convert this into a technique for experimental novels, I might really be onto something.
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I'm not really a goal-oriented guy. I started doing the Mountain Goats just for the sheer hell of it.
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