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The fact that somebody's telling you a story about people who didn't exist doesn't make the experience of the story any less real in your heart and mind.

John Darnielle

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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
Composer
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Bloomington
Indiana
Stories
Somebody
Real
Story
Heart
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Mind
Fact
Make
Experience
People
Facts
Doesn
Telling
Didn
Exist

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A novel is a performance you have to plan.
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I just started writing stuff to kill time on summer evenings. This is why I'm always telling people who ask me what they need to do to succeed to give up, do something else.
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I don't celebrate milestones and I don't do anniversary editions. It's not my style to reflect on accomplishments.
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This is the funny thing about me. People think John just comes up with all the ideas. I'm honored. People think I have a big old brain, but actually I am the sum of the people I work with.
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