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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
Composer
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Bloomington
Indiana
Whatever
Pull
Happens
Images
Stories
Details
Real
Starting
Writing
Instead
Going
Happen
Make
Start
Story
Occur

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