From a very young age, I was the kind of kid you can just put anywhere and I'd still find stuff to be stoked about.
John DarnielleWhat's funny is that people think, "Well there has to be something more than wrestling, because wrestling has such an absurd quality to it." But if you tell a love story, people don't ask what else is in there. They say, "Oh, it's just a love story." All stories have many levels, but these ones show their hand and say, "You might want to look a little deeper."
John DarnielleWhen I was a kid, I was a big science fiction fan, but current horror books were harder to get your hands on.
John Darnielle