It's an important moment as a reader, I think, when you can forget the question of whether you need to know what happened. Some people really want hard explanations. I'm the other way. I like mysteries. I don't want to frustrate people. I don't want people to feel like they got no answers, but I want to approach the mystery and sit with it.
John DarnielleIt'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.
John DarnielleIf you get into a fight and somebody punches you, you get two feelings. One: That really hurts. Two: That relief in the realness of, like, Wow, this is what it is. It's not an intellectual process.
John DarniellePeople want you to play the songs they know. I try not to reflect too much, and I don't really like to focus too much on myself.
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