Marti Noxon

Being the director - way fancier than 'just' being the writer. People call you 'talent.'

— Marti Noxon

Sometimes when I'm reading a script, I can't quite believe that this is going on television alongside cereal commercials.

— Marti Noxon

When people are like, ''UnREAL' is so dark,' I'm like, 'Hahahahahahahahahaha! Wait 'til you get to 'Sharp Objects.''

— Marti Noxon

A show can be completely dead before you even get on the air. I've been privy to a couple of those.

— Marti Noxon

My dad had made a documentary called 'The Dream Factory' about MGM, and my whole life, I just wanted to be inside…

— Marti Noxon

On 'Sex and The City', when Carrie talked about money problems, I would always think, 'Sell your shoes!'

— Marti Noxon

I've grown and changed, and I'm still making television and movies that I feel really proud of.

— Marti Noxon

Eating disorders are A) not fun at parties, and B) they're not very fun in movies.

— Marti Noxon

Not proud. But I watched 'The Bachelor' only once, and I really felt, after that experience, that I could never do it…

— Marti Noxon

It all starts with a very solid, well-executed script, where the story is very clear and everybody is rowing in the same…

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In 'UnREAL', for me, just being so openly feminist, just being so overtly, like, 'This show is about women who are not…

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I was raised by a lesbian feminist who told me that shaving my legs was giving into the patriarchy. So, I consider…

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We did have 'The Bronze', a very active website on 'Buffy' where we got a lot of feedback and post-game discussion. But…

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There's no shape or body type that makes you more happy or more lovable. It's the body you're comfortable in that makes…

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The reason I fell in love with Buffy was because of the ambiguity, because she was a superhero and a hot mess.…

— Marti Noxon

When I was going to get ready to take 'Dietland' up, I have to say I was surprised to find that I…

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That's a big part of the process: making the right choice from the beginning. Not getting distracted by shiny things.

— Marti Noxon

With everything I do, I strive for a balance of tone, where it's not just one thing.

— Marti Noxon

I think I've also grown a little bit in that I'm not so easily dissuaded if I really believe something.

— Marti Noxon

When you work in television, it's an isolating experience. You rarely ever get to watch it with an audience.

— Marti Noxon

So many of the indie movies that get made are not about topics that touch millions and millions of people.

— Marti Noxon

'Just' writing is every bit as important as any other creative part of a film.

— Marti Noxon

I thought about being an actor, and I thought about directing, but writing truly became something I needed to do just to…

— Marti Noxon

There're been sort of a sea change in my work in general, in that the more personal, the universal it's become.

— Marti Noxon

A great thing, which I don't do enough, is to take a break from producing and try to just take stuff in,…

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I certainly often go to a movie and don't remember exactly what the trailer had in it, except that it looked cool.

— Marti Noxon

I'm a big believer in 'Trojan horses' - There are certain themes that are more palatable when wrapped in something fun or…

— Marti Noxon

You can be a sophisticated person and still have really old ideas about what love is supposed to look like.

— Marti Noxon

Of all the mental illnesses, anorexia has the highest morbidity rate. It's serious.

— Marti Noxon

The thing that can happen in a TV room is you can get 'teamthink': you can all go down a crazy path…

— Marti Noxon

The problem with generalizations and judgments, the words we hurl as insults, is that they deny our humanity and our stories.

— Marti Noxon

If you made a movie of 'Sharp Objects,' chances are that it would be a smaller film, but as a TV show,…

— Marti Noxon

I'm pretty proud of my pie crust. I think I've finally learned how to manhandle it just enough.

— Marti Noxon

There's this idea that Hollywood sells over and over again: 'If I just looked more like this, I'd be accepted.'

— Marti Noxon

I spent some time in Vegas when I was doing some canvassing for Obama back in 2008.

— Marti Noxon

You can't ever create defensively. You just have to create the next thing that really speaks to you.

— Marti Noxon

The great thing about the story of 'Twilight', or the story of 'I Am Number Four' is that you get to deal…

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We're in the second golden age of television, and to me, one of the most profound things that's happening in TV is…

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I've never had as much success as when I say to myself, 'I get that. I know what the feelings that that…

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I really understand that we have to be sensitive to people's feelings and to their sensitivities, but you also can't be muzzled…

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