Gillian Flynn

I would love to do a full-scale graphic novel.

I love the way the Victorians found a way to put faces in everything: you know, furniture and marble and, you know, everywhere you turn around - the banister, you know, there's someone looking at you.

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

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.

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

I love Joyce Carol Oates. I love Margaret Atwood, T.C. Boyle. Arthur Phillips is always consistent.

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 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.

I liked the idea of a whodunit revolving around a marriage.

I love video games.

To me, marriage is the ultimate mystery.

The skill set that lets you be alone in your pyjamas for two years writing a book is not the same skill set that lets you go on television shows like 'The View' or 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.'