The great thing about 'Fargo' is that it's a more objective style of filmmaking: the camera moves in very classical ways, and… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
Making 'Fargo' for FX has been the highlight of my career. A writer can search his or her whole career for a… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
I always feel like you can take a genre that has a familiar structure to it and then reinvent it as a… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
'Fargo' becomes a metaphor for a type of true crime case where truth is stranger than fiction. So, there's no reason that… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
The first conversations I had for 'Legion' were right as the first year of 'Fargo' was ending. 'Daredevil' hadn't even begun then,… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
'Fargo' is a tragedy with a happy ending. So you need to have that tragic underpinning, that all of this could be… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
When I took on 'Fargo,' I thought, 'Well, this is just a terrible idea. Four people will watch it, and they'll hate-watch.'… — 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
