"Violence is what people do when they run out of good ideas."

“I look my best when I'm totally free, on holiday, walking on the beach.”

Source : "Here's What Happened When Gillian Flynn Interviewed Rosamund Pike About Gone Girl for Glamour's October Issue". Interview with Gillian Flynn, www.glamour.com. September 9, 2014.

“It's a bomb. Just like you.”

“For me, the measure of a poem is the word, not the line.”

“Given the right circumstances, from no more than dreams, determination, and the liberty to try, quite ordinary people consistently do extraordinary things”

“Each country has a soul, and France's soul is equality.”

“Chief Justice Roberts has expressly said that the Constitution and the government should be colorblind, he sees no difference between government action that discriminates against minorities and one that benefits minorities.”

“My characters' addictions are what makes them a bit stylized or "grotesque" - not just in appearance but through what drives them. Addiction is what threatens stability and normalcy and yet it seems very much a part of being human - at least we are all a bit obsessive and compulsive. Aren't all humans driven by mad desires for one thing or another?”

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“I have my own views about Nature's methods, though I feel that it is rather like a beetle giving his”