If 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 talk about songwriting or comedy as creative expression, but life is creative expression. Table-making, even nursing, is extraordinarily creative.
John DarnielleI always worry that I'm a dilettante: I know something about lots of things but don't have exhaustive knowledge of much.
John Darnielle