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
I'm not that guy who thinks I have all the answers. Writing is a means of communicating, and if enough people say,… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
I think for really good-hearted people, that idea of putting yourself in the shoes of a monster to figure out why they… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
'Downton Abbey' didn't have the impact it had just because it was a good story about people. It was something about that… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
Half of a broadcast show, in my experience, is things happening, and the other half is people talking about how they feel… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
The 'X-Men' stories are the stories of outsiders: people who don't fit into normal society and are ostracised; it's a metaphor for… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
There's this overly friendly sense of community built up by very isolated people, and there's this Lutheran humbleness that keeps people from… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
My feeling has always been if you entertain people, they give you permission to do more on a thematic or character level. — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
Anytime you want to create something different, you have to convince people that it's O.K. 'We'll be O.K. It's going to work… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
The best strategy for making people care about what happens is if they empathize with both sides. If you just have a… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
Experimental film by the '70s had become much more mainstream after 'Bonnie and Clyde' and stuff in the late '60s, when you… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
There's this common sense idea that in order to appeal to the biggest number of people, you have to write something very… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
There are things we can control and the things we can't control. I can't control how people react to the work I… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 playfulness to… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
