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> [It's your job to come up with compelling characters who speak to an individual authenticity. If I'm not interested in the characters, I can't go on. I have to be fascinated by them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nic-pizzolatto/it-s-your-job-to-come-up-with-compelling-characters-who-speak-to-an/)

[Nic Pizzolatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nic-pizzolatto/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34e/nic-pizzolatto-7357_authenticity_it-s-your-job-to-come-up-with-compelling_1942187.png)

## More by Nic Pizzolatto

> [“For the rest of the day, her weight echoed in my empty hands, light but dense, her throes and kicks.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nic-pizzolatto/for-the-rest-of-the-day-her-weight-echoed-in-my-empty-hands-light-but/)

[Nic Pizzolatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nic-pizzolatto/)

> [The idea of being a show runner was very attractive to me, to create and control something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nic-pizzolatto/the-idea-of-being-a-show-runner-was-very-attractive-to-me-to-create/)

[Nic Pizzolatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nic-pizzolatto/)

> [“She reminded me of the empty glass of a swallowed cocktail, and at the heart of the empty glass was a smashed lime rind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nic-pizzolatto/she-reminded-me-of-the-empty-glass-of-a-swallowed-cocktail-and-at-the/)

[Nic Pizzolatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nic-pizzolatto/)

> [I left the University of Chicago's creative writing program for a tenure-track job at DePauw University in Indiana, then left DePauw in 2010 for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nic-pizzolatto/i-left-the-university-of-chicago-s-creative-writing-program-for-a/)

[Nic Pizzolatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nic-pizzolatto/)

> [Art was always for me an escape and a way to relate to the world around me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nic-pizzolatto/art-was-always-for-me-an-escape-and-a-way-to-relate-to-the-world/)

[Nic Pizzolatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nic-pizzolatto/)

> [In the summer of 2010, I had decided to get into film and TV writing, so I wrote scripts for six different ideas I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nic-pizzolatto/in-the-summer-of-2010-i-had-decided-to-get-into-film-and-tv-writing/)

[Nic Pizzolatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nic-pizzolatto/)

> [“She sipped her drink and the ends of her lips curled, stamped two dimples on her cheeks, and in her smile flashed the danger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nic-pizzolatto/she-sipped-her-drink-and-the-ends-of-her-lips-curled-stamped-two/)

[Nic Pizzolatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nic-pizzolatto/)

> [“So I was wrong when I told Rocky you could choose what you feel. It's not true. It's not even true that you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nic-pizzolatto/so-i-was-wrong-when-i-told-rocky-you-could-choose-what-you-feel-it-s/)

[Nic Pizzolatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nic-pizzolatto/)

> [“Some people. Something happens to them. Usually when they're young. And they never get any better.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nic-pizzolatto/some-people-something-happens-to-them-usually-when-they-re-young-and/)

[Nic Pizzolatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nic-pizzolatto/)

> [There's never been anything I didn't love that I didn't connect with on a personal level because, to some degree, I projected upon it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nic-pizzolatto/there-s-never-been-anything-i-didn-t-love-that-i-didn-t-connect-with/)

[Nic Pizzolatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nic-pizzolatto/)

> [“How often have I lain beneath rain on a strange roof, thinking of home. —William Faulkner”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nic-pizzolatto/how-often-have-i-lain-beneath-rain-on-a-strange-roof-thinking-of-home/)

[Nic Pizzolatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nic-pizzolatto/)

> [I've found that all weak people share a basic obsession - they fixate on the idea of satisfaction. Anywhere you go men and women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nic-pizzolatto/i-ve-found-that-all-weak-people-share-a-basic-obsession-they-fixate/)

[Nic Pizzolatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nic-pizzolatto/)

> [“The sensation of a thing forgotten but resonating.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nic-pizzolatto/the-sensation-of-a-thing-forgotten-but-resonating/)

[Nic Pizzolatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nic-pizzolatto/)

> [“Now and then she looked harassed by her own potential, like certain young people, and you might notice then the way a stillness spread…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nic-pizzolatto/now-and-then-she-looked-harassed-by-her-own-potential-like-certain/)

[Nic Pizzolatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nic-pizzolatto/)

> [“You’re here because it’s somewhere. Dogs pant in the streets. Beer won’t stay cold. The last new song you liked came out a long,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nic-pizzolatto/you-re-here-because-it-s-somewhere-dogs-pant-in-the-streets-beer-won/)

[Nic Pizzolatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nic-pizzolatto/)

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