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" I do love 'The Turn of the Screw' - I just think that one's always so disturbing. "

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" My dad was a film professor, so he would take me to wildly inappropriate movies. "

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" I'm not hyper-opinionated, but when I do have an opinion, I'm very stubborn, and I want to persuade everyone to my point of view. "

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" My interest is in turning over a rock and seeing what's underneath. It's a personality trait more than anything; it's what made me want to become a crime reporter, even though I was not suited for it personality-wise. "

" I always loved ghost stories and haunted house stories, whether they were done in a fantasy way or done in a realistic way. "

" I love a good worst-case scenario. My brain just kind of works that way. I like that idea of how much a person can get away with, and why. "

" Because I'm a woman writing about women who do bad things, that's somehow very 'other.' When men write that, it's called a novel. It's just a book. "

" A really great popcorn movie is extremely hard to pull off. A really great popcorn book is equally hard to pull off, so I don't feel guilty devouring one. "

" I just think - the Midwest, if you grow up there, you're deathly afraid of putting on airs. Any time a Midwesterner criticizes someone, it's usually involving some form of being too big for your britches. "

" I've always had a fondness for the Gothic. That's what kind of stories attract me: Why do people do bad things? "

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" I was very lucky to grow up in a household that really valued storytelling and didn't find it frivolous. "

" I tend to write about dark things that happen in a very domestic setting 'cause that, to me, is much scarier than the unknown. "

" Very quickly, I discovered I did not have what it takes to be a good crime reporter: I was too unassertive and a little bit wimpy. It was very clear that was not what I was going to do, but I loved journalism, and I'm the daughter of a film professor, and my mom taught reading. "

" I mostly go under the radar, which is fantastic because I would not be a good famous person. "

" I have two kids, and anyone who has a kid in order to feel loved is going to be in trouble because kids are first and foremost all about themselves. They'll say they love you, but 10 seconds later they'll turn on you. "

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" What I tell myself is that there is never going to be another 'Gone Girl' for me. I mean, I really believe that. I think I'll write other good books; I have faith in that. "

" In college, I discovered the Joyce Carol Oates short story 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?' which is definitely one of the most incredibly unnerving, frightening short stories ever written. "

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" Some of the most disturbing, sick relationships I've witnessed are between long-time friends, and especially mothers and daughters. "

" I love Robin Wright's character in 'House of Cards' because she's a bona fide villain. She's a not-nice person in a believable way; you can see her working in the world. "

" I am not someone who has hobbies. I have tried knitting, and I can't figure it out. "