Hitchhiking was such a pure form of existence. You'd wake up in the morning, and you'd have no idea what your day was going to be. And that's something I've never been able to shake. I loved that. — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
Being a kid, as all kids do, you feel out of place or like kind of a freak. You wake up feeling like your head got put onto someone else's body that day. — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
I maintain that if you're a novelist and you go into an art museum, you'll come out a better novelist. And if you paint… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
“One and all they are driven by the twin engines of ignorance and willful barbarism. You nod, you also are familiar with these two… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
It seems like every year Hollywood makes an attempt to retell the Manson story, and I just couldn't be less interested in it. It's… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
When something gets attention so quickly, people sometimes will look for reasons to find fault and tear it down. — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
Some friends of mine bothered me for a long time about getting on the social networking pages. They were close friends that I liked… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
It's probably odd for someone to read an interview where the interviewee is worried about exposure while they're talking in an interview. — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
For the last 20 years of my life, I've had the mantra to do amazing parts with amazing people in amazing projects, so I'm… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
“I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme.” — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
“I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme, and having once… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
When I realized that you can't necessarily be cast in a really great part living in Austin, even when Hollywood comes to town, I… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
