Quotes by Christopher Bollen

Christopher Bollen

As much as I adore Agatha Christie – and I think people make this claim about murder mysteries in general – it’s often a very conservative mode of storytelling. Usually it’s the greedy, climbing, new-money slimeball who wants to take from the aristocracy.

Climbing

Murder Mysteries

Thinking

Every time I try to write on vacation, I fail miserably.

Trying

Vacation

Writing

Going out into the country after living in the city is a loss of control.

Cities

Country

Loss

I also remember when I watched Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer [1990] at, like, age 15. That scared the crap out of me. Because it didn’t operate inside the usual conventions of the horror genre in the way that I could accept. I can accept horny teenager counselors being murdered at camp. But I couldn’t accept the derangement of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, which was that anyone could be murdered at any moment – whole families, with no build-up music and no meaning. It terrified me.

Horny

Horror Genre

Teenager

I definitely don’t take any of intrusions in my private life personally. You learn how to have a sense of humor pretty quickly. I honestly don’t keep up on it unless it’s something that would hurt someone else. I can take care of myself, that’s not the problem. But it’s just not fair to bring anyone else into the picture.

Care

Hurt

Sense Of Humor

I had been going out to Orient for several years.

Going Out

Years

I had lived in New York since 1996, sometimes in the worst neighborhoods, without even locking my door half the time.

Doors

Half

New York

I have always wanted to be either a cinematographer or a veterinarian.

Cinematographers

Veterinarian

Wanted

I have to say I do read partly for escapism. Why can’t I escape and learn something?

Escapism

I just think, as writers, especially with a book that takes years to write, you sort of wake up every morning hoping and praying that you can make it work for the day.

Book

Morning

Writing

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America

Art

Artist

Believe

Book

Brain

Care

Challenges

Character

Children

Cigarette

Cinematographers

Cities

Climbing

Consistency

Country

Creative

Cutting

Dad

Dating

Different

Doors

Dream

Escapism

Everyday

Fame

Family And Friends

Father

Fun

Generations

Girl

Giving

Going Out

Grandma

Half

Helping

Horny

Horror Genre

Hurt

Ideas

Kids

Laughing

Loss

Lost

Mean

Morning

Mother

Moving

Mtv

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Quotes by Christopher Bollen

Christopher Bollen

As much as I adore Agatha Christie – and I think people make this claim about murder mysteries in general – it’s often a very conservative mode of storytelling. Usually it’s the greedy, climbing, new-money slimeball who wants to take from the aristocracy.

Every time I try to write on vacation, I fail miserably.

Going out into the country after living in the city is a loss of control.

I had been going out to Orient for several years.

I had lived in New York since 1996, sometimes in the worst neighborhoods, without even locking my door half the time.

I have always wanted to be either a cinematographer or a veterinarian.

I have to say I do read partly for escapism. Why can’t I escape and learn something?

I just think, as writers, especially with a book that takes years to write, you sort of wake up every morning hoping and praying that you can make it work for the day.

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