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Christopher Bollen quotes: The death drive is parasitic. It runs off of other drives, leeching off of them.

The death drive is parasitic. It runs off of other drives, leeching off of them.

Christopher Bollen quotes: Sometimes it seemed like the whole point of life was not to die the same death as your father.

Sometimes it seemed like the whole point of life was not to die the same death as your father.

Christopher Bollen quotes: Every time I try to write on vacation, I fail miserably.

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

Christopher Bollen quotes: I've never had a mentor. I've always wanted one. I'm actually really disappointed that nobody took my under their wing.

I've never had a mentor. I've always wanted one. I'm actually really disappointed that nobody took my under their wing.

Christopher Bollen quotes: It's families that stop people. All they're good for is guilt.

It's families that stop people. All they're good for is guilt.

Christopher Bollen quotes: All your convictions come back to mock you when you reach a certain age.

All your convictions come back to mock you when you reach a certain age.

Christopher Bollen quotes: You don't realize how old you've become until someone young comes around to remind you.

You don't realize how old you've become until someone young comes around to remind you.

Christopher Bollen quotes: One day I want to write a full-on horror book.

One day I want to write a full-on horror book.

Christopher Bollen quotes: Time was the single asset that every country, every market, depended on.

Time was the single asset that every country, every market, depended on.

Christopher Bollen quotes: Both my parents were big readers.

Both my parents were big readers.

Christopher Bollen quotes: A family wasn't forged out of steel. You dig a hole in a person and then you fill it with yourself.

A family wasn't forged out of steel. You dig a hole in a person and then you fill it with yourself.

Christopher Bollen quotes: But wasn't there always a someone once for everyone?

But wasn't there always a someone once for everyone?

Christopher Bollen quotes: There is something very romantic about the orphan figure in American literature.

There is something very romantic about the orphan figure in American literature.

Christopher Bollen quotes: I was a very scared child.

I was a very scared child.

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

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

Christopher Bollen quotes: You know how hard it is to actually touch the world? To make a mark on it? You die and they bury you in it.

You know how hard it is to actually touch the world? To make a mark on it? You die and they bury you in it.

Christopher Bollen quotes: There's something about fear and aesthetic that go hand in hand.

There's something about fear and aesthetic that go hand in hand.

Christopher Bollen quotes: Looking back, [R.E.M.]videos, by in large, have always been art films. I'm thinking of "Losing My Religion." That's a landmark piece.

Looking back, [R.E.M.]videos, by in large, have always been art films. I'm thinking of "Losing My Religion." That's a landmark piece.

Christopher Bollen quotes: I have always wanted to be either a cinematographer or a veterinarian.

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

Christopher Bollen quotes: Now we're in an age of singles. It's actually always been more about singles for most of music history.

Now we're in an age of singles. It's actually always been more about singles for most of music history.

Christopher Bollen quotes: I feel that I'm solid at description.

I feel that I'm solid at description.

Christopher Bollen quotes: Maybe, in the end, a home is a place where you have no other choice but to stay.

Maybe, in the end, a home is a place where you have no other choice but to stay.

Christopher Bollen quotes: We lost so many talented artists and writers from the generations before ours that we're really lacking older figureheads.

We lost so many talented artists and writers from the generations before ours that we're really lacking older figureheads.

Christopher Bollen quotes: I had been going out to Orient for several years.

I had been going out to Orient for several years.

Christopher Bollen quotes: When do the defense measures of a paranoid country become their own agents of self-destruction?

When do the defense measures of a paranoid country become their own agents of self-destruction?

Christopher Bollen quotes: Was there anything as innocent as willful self-destruction?

Was there anything as innocent as willful self-destruction?

Christopher Bollen quotes: I was obsessed with Agatha Christie in sixth grade.

I was obsessed with Agatha Christie in sixth grade.

Christopher Bollen quotes: I smoke cigarettes when I write, which is disgusting, but it really helps me.

I smoke cigarettes when I write, which is disgusting, but it really helps me.

Christopher Bollen quotes: There is a value to moving more slowly through a story.

There is a value to moving more slowly through a story.

Christopher Bollen quotes: Talking to all those great writers and artists for the magazine was a form of graduate school for me.

Talking to all those great writers and artists for the magazine was a form of graduate school for me.

Christopher Bollen quotes: Women had cup sizes to track their development. Men had a ruler and hope.

Women had cup sizes to track their development. Men had a ruler and hope.

Christopher Bollen quotes: Today, MTV doesn't play videos anymore, but YouTube certainly has become the next MTV.

Today, MTV doesn't play videos anymore, but YouTube certainly has become the next MTV.

Christopher Bollen quotes: I've always looked like this - in between. Is there ever an age when a person looks exactly like themselves?

I've always looked like this - in between. Is there ever an age when a person looks exactly like themselves?

Christopher Bollen quotes: Critics like mailmen delivering unwanted news.

Critics like mailmen delivering unwanted news.

Christopher Bollen quotes: I've never even done a residency.

I've never even done a residency.

Christopher Bollen quotes: My strength is character. I'm pretty good at building walking-talking humans with brains like beehives.

My strength is character. I'm pretty good at building walking-talking humans with brains like beehives.

Christopher Bollen quotes: There's also something sexual about watching the nubile girl in terror. But you do take on her fear as your own.

There's also something sexual about watching the nubile girl in terror. But you do take on her fear as your own.

Christopher Bollen quotes: Mills was experienced enough to understand what gay men were often forced to be in this world: romantic opportunists.

Mills was experienced enough to understand what gay men were often forced to be in this world: romantic opportunists.

Christopher Bollen quotes: Going out into the country after living in the city is a loss of control.

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

Christopher Bollen quotes: Your little eco-friendly fairy tale ain't going to happen. This was farming land long before it was cute-house land.

Your little eco-friendly fairy tale ain't going to happen. This was farming land long before it was cute-house land.

Christopher Bollen quotes: It's all a fucking trap, owning things, places, people. The way I see it, we don't own things. We get owned.

It's all a fucking trap, owning things, places, people. The way I see it, we don't own things. We get owned.

Christopher Bollen quotes: I have to say I do read partly for escapism. Why can't I escape and learn something?

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

Christopher Bollen quotes: Paul needed to come out, not as gay or straight, but as human.

Paul needed to come out, not as gay or straight, but as human.

Christopher Bollen quotes: In a lot of ways, work was my graduate school.

In a lot of ways, work was my graduate school.

Christopher Bollen quotes: To this day I still watch tons of horror.

To this day I still watch tons of horror.

Christopher Bollen quotes: I was never afraid on stage. That's where I was the least afraid. I could just do what I do and I had the amplification and the lights.

I was never afraid on stage. That's where I was the least afraid. I could just do what I do and I had the amplification and the lights.

Christopher Bollen quotes: She had no way of evaluating the beauty of someone so young. All young people looked beautiful to her now.

She had no way of evaluating the beauty of someone so young. All young people looked beautiful to her now.

Christopher Bollen quotes: Everyone loves a dead artist. It's the living ones that people can't tolerate.

Everyone loves a dead artist. It's the living ones that people can't tolerate.

Christopher Bollen quotes: Art didn't have to provide answers. It only had to ask questions.

Art didn't have to provide answers. It only had to ask questions.