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  • I'm finding things out about myself as a person - as a writer - as I write, and so are the people who listen to what I do. But they have this additional aspect of how they take the stuff that I do, and so it broadens the work and it creates this strange connection. It's really a way of strangers communicating through this third thing, which is a body of work. But really, I know it's a cliché to say I write for myself, but I write for myself.

    "What’s Got John Darnielle’s Goat?". Interview With Emma Silvers, www.motherjones.com. March 25, 2011.
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