In a book you can really talk about ideas and themes and characters in a deeper way than you can even on… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
You need a good James Clavell novel, I think, to make a good miniseries. — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
I sat down to take a break from writing a book and wrote a spec feature that would end up being the… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
There's still nothing like a book to really make you feel like you've disappeared into a world. — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
I think a writer's first job is to entertain, even in novels: to tell a compelling story that pulls the reader along… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
A novel is a relationship, you know? When you read a book, the writer has done half the work, and you're doing… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
“Of the true mysteries of the universe . . . the one we may never solve is the mystery of other people.… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
I come from a family of writers. My mom had been a writer, nonfiction books, and her mother was a playwright in… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
A book is full of ideas. You just live with what you read for so much longer. A lot of the times,… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
One of the things I've always loved about genre, comic books, science fiction and fantasy is that there's a certain level of… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
When I sold my first book, 'A Conspiracy of Tall Men,' it was part of a two-book deal. It wasn't hugely lucrative,… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
For some reason, I tend to take on the stuff that people are really passionate about. If you make a list of… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
It's always very important to me to try to create a story that feels unpredictable. You can't jump ahead and see what's coming, but… — Noah Hawley Copy Share
A two-hour movie tends to be a plot-delivery device; you tend to have to introduce all the characters, say what the goal is, and… — Noah Hawley Copy Share
For some reason, I tend to take on the stuff that people are really passionate about. If you make a list of people you… — Noah Hawley Copy Share
One of the things that I've always appreciated about the 'X-Men' style of storytelling versus other Marvel stories is how fluid the line between… — Noah Hawley Copy Share
One of the things I've always loved about genre, comic books, science fiction and fantasy is that there's a certain level of playfulness to… — Noah Hawley Copy Share
What's great is that each medium has a unique set of things that it does and does well. Film is a visual medium, and… — Noah Hawley Copy Share
I think that we're pattern-seeking animals, and what we like best is a story where everything fits together, where there's no puzzle pieces left… — Noah Hawley Copy Share
Obviously, when you do something with drama and comedy in it - and by that, I mean a scene that has drama and comedy… — Noah Hawley Copy Share
I'm not that guy who thinks I have all the answers. Writing is a means of communicating, and if enough people say, 'I don't… — Noah Hawley Copy Share
I think a writer's first job is to entertain, even in novels: to tell a compelling story that pulls the reader along toward an… — Noah Hawley Copy Share
I think for really good-hearted people, that idea of putting yourself in the shoes of a monster to figure out why they acted that… — Noah Hawley Copy Share
'Downton Abbey' didn't have the impact it had just because it was a good story about people. It was something about that period and… — Noah Hawley Copy Share
Making a new season for 'Legion' is not something you just switch into. It's not something you do between dropping the kids off in… — Noah Hawley Copy Share
It's amazing how flexible the human mind is in terms of jumping into a backstory or an aside. Vonnegut is a great example -… — Noah Hawley Copy Share
