“I really love Durham more than any place I've ever been; some small towns can be really provincial and strangling, but Durham is the best city in the world.” WorldCitiesTownsSmall TownCities In The WorldStranglingDurham Author:John Darnielle
“It's a cliché to state that one should think like a child, but it's clear that kids know something that the world tries to make you unlearn later in life.” ThinkingKnowsWorldShouldTryingChildrenStatesKidsClearUnlearnLater In Life Author:John Darnielle
“It's hard to stay positive when there's a lot of evil in the world.” WorldHardEvilStay Positive Author:John Darnielle
“I couldn't name more than a couple of good drum'n'bass acts, and I have no idea what's big in the dance world right now.” WorldIdeasBigsNamesCoupleRight NowNo IdeaBass Author:John Darnielle
“Gender relations are a sad story of men talking trash about women all over the world.” MenWorldStoriesTalkingRelationGenderTrashSad Story Author:John Darnielle
“I have a hunger for justice, but art is a place I've always enjoyed being able to be free - to live in worlds that you don't have to be thinking about that all the time. I don't see myself writing Upton Sinclair books. My books are to entertain, although to me, entertainment is to make you feel sadness or to get in touch with your own pain - or fear, or to remember somebody who has gone missing from your life. That's my calling.” ThinkingWorldFeelsWritingArtBookAblePainRememberJusticeGoneSadnessMissingCallingArt IsHungerEntertainmentEnjoyed Author:John Darnielle
“I always worry that I'm a dilettante: I know something about lots of things but don't have exhaustive knowledge of much. 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. I couldn't name more than a couple of good drum'n'bass acts, and I have no idea what's big in the dance world right now.” WorldEnoughWorryCoupleAuthority Author:John Darnielle
“I like a lot of hardcore, but it's just a genre about which I don't have much to say. It's kind of a thing where, unless you're active in the hardcore community, what could you have to say of value about it? It resists criticism because it's not just a style but an entrance into several different worlds of ideas- political, philosophical, societal. The music is really only part of the whole scene. In that sense, the music doesn't change much because it shouldn't: It needs to be there as a signal that you're entering into a certain discursive mode, maybe.” WorldKindDifferentPoliticalValuesCommunityStyleSceneMusic IsCriticismPhilosophicalHardcore Author:John Darnielle
“You should avoid seeing too much of yourself anywhere: in the outside world, in others, in the imagined worlds that give you shelter.” WorldGivingShouldToo MuchSeeingShelterOutside World Author:John Darnielle
