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When I was a kid, I was a big science fiction fan, but current horror books were harder to get your hands on.

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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
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Take dance music: I like enough of it and its history to be able to say a word or two about this or that record, but I'm nobody's authority.
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If my songs are being listened to between any other songs, that is awesome, and I'm glad people are getting something out of 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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Do every stupid thing that makes you feel alive.
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My son, who sees me almost every day of his life, will look at me and go, I know that dude! I like that dude! It's incredibly affirming.
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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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The reality of having a kid involves day-to-day practicality - not broader philosophical outlooks.
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I'm kind of a hermit. Left to my own devices, I won't submerge myself in anything further afield than the driveway.
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Adulthood is interesting to adults. But I would never want to write about stuff I dont feel everybody can connect to.
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I was 14 or 15 when I discovered poetry, and I pretty much stopped writing prose until Master of Reality.
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I seem to get the best work when I'm angry and depressed and alienated.
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It's hard to stay positive when there's a lot of evil in the world.
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I grew up around some people whose parents toured a lot: tough on the marriage, tough on the kids.
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Human beings are selfish by nature. Everything that happens to a child, you immediately grab your own child and say, I will never let that happen to you.
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Young people like to feel self-righteous, like they're on the right side of things.
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You learn to present dark things without including their ability to harm, treasuring them for what they are.
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Over the past 40 years, the tradition of Southern progressivism has been somewhat successfully erased by right-wing revisionist historians.
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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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