Adulthood is interesting to adults. But I would never want to write about stuff I dont feel everybody can connect to.
John DarnielleYou're not really going to know what a place is like 'til you've lived there a few years - you sort of just have to go with your gut.
John DarnielleMen tend to dominate whatever public discourse they participate in, and another big part of feminism is to let women have their say. Men's voices can be welcome at the table, but there is a time and a place, and maybe it's now, for men to make a little less noise, make their needs less known, and listen to the needs of others.
John DarnielleYou can get really good reads on your dreams if you think of every character in them as actually being you.
John Darnielle