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" I think women are very ambidextrous. We don't think twice about reading a book or a movie starring guys. But for guys, it's, like, 'Oh my God, that's a woman thing.' So with my son, I very carefully portion out the female heroes and characters to make sure he's getting an equal amount. "

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" My favorite game was one I invented with my cousins called Mean Aunt Rosie, where I was a deranged maiden aunt who chased them around the house. "

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" In marriage, it's best to keep perspective. Get out of your head and get some perspective. "

" I feel like I need to give people a note with the book that says, 'I'm OK, no worries!' "

" I think mystery writers and thriller writers - whatever genre you want to call it - are taking on some of the biggest, most interesting kind of socioeconomic issues around in a really interesting, compelling way. "

" I find, the older I get, the more surprised I am about how hesitant people are to say what they really want, what they really dream about, what really drives them. It's as if sometimes we're sort of embarrassed, as we get older, to be transparent about that. But you save so much time if you're transparent about what you want. "

" I was not always someone who wanted to get married or thought I would get married, so being a true writer, I was always navel-gazing: 'What are good marriages? What are bad marriages?' "

" I like the idea that people who see 'Gone Girl' are possibly going to come out with incredibly different reactions to it - not just between men and women, but if you are in a good relationship or a bad relationship. Everyone is going to bring their own bundle of prejudices and viewpoints and experiences to it. "

" Books and movies are kind of my two great loves. I don't have too many other actual hobbies. That's pretty much it. "

" The best crime reporters don't mind charging in - but they also know how to do it as decent human beings. "

" 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. "

" The midwest is great because it hasn't been entirely claimed. There's more room to write about it; it's harder to write about New York, because even if you've never been there, you think you know what it's like. To do it in any sort of fresh way is trickier. "

" I've always read in order to figure out people more, and that includes bad people and good people. "

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

" Even good characters have their dark sides, and I think it is important that women aren't seen as innately good. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The first time my mom read my very first book, she was like, 'I'm not gonna belabor this. It's not a big deal. But I have to ask the question: Is everything okay?' "

" I have four or five ideas that just keep floating around and I want to kind of just let one - like a beautiful butterfly, let it land somewhere. "

" 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. "

" I was very interested in what happens to the husband when his wife goes missing, and how quickly they can be turned into heroes and villains. "

" No one watches 'Taxi Driver' and says, 'Oh, it's a male-oriented film.' No one looks at nine-tenths of the films out there that are headlined by men and say, 'It's a male-oriented film.' "

" Writing has certainly helped me explore about 20,000 versions of my authentic self. I suppose that's what most writers discover if they write long enough: there are a lot of selves roaming around in there. "

Gillian Flynn

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" I get really tense during the first draft. Really tense. That's not great for my family, because the first draft usually takes about a year. "

" I like westerns, fantasy, sci-fi, graphic novels, thrillers, and I try to avoid the word 'genre' altogether. A good book is a good book. "

Gillian Flynn

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" The newspaper industry was built on the penny dreadfuls. "

" 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. "

" The number of mystery and horror writers I've met who are just the sanest and the nicest people... it's crazy. Maybe it's because the writing gets something out of the system? "

" I always loved scary movies, and my dad was a film professor. "

" I'm not much of a procedural person. That's not what I'm interested in. "

" 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. "