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 a writer's first job is to entertain, even in novels: to tell a compelling story that pulls the reader along… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
If I have to write on an airplane or get up early to write or write late, you just gotta sit down.… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
As a storyteller, you have the story that you tell, and you have the way you can tell it, and both are… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
My mom never went to college, so she just assumed the writer identity, and that was always really inspiring to me. It's… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
I come from a family of writers. My mom had been a writer, nonfiction books, and her mother was a playwright in… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
Having written for film and television, I had little interest in turning 'The Good Father' into a Hollywood thriller. I was writing… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
I love the idea that the editing room is the final time you write. You should still be creatively solving problems even… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
I sat down to take a break from writing a book and wrote a spec feature that would end up being the… — 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
A novel is a relationship, you know? When you read a book, the writer has done half the work, and you're doing… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
The danger of writing a so-called thriller is that in your last 100 pages, all of these really interesting characters you've created… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
I don't write these stories for the rewards that come back to me. I write them because I have to write them.… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
In the TV business, you've got to write fast, and someone will tell you, 'Can you rewrite this episode before... 6 P.M.?'… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
Writing is this odd act, right? To sit and type, or write by hand, or whatever people do. And it requires a… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
I see myself as a first-draft writer, so when I sit down to write something, the first draft is usually pretty close… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
It used to be for writers that that six seasons and a movie thing, that's the holy grail as writers - your… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
I see myself as a first-draft writer, so when I sit down to write something, the first draft is usually pretty close… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
There have been days where I've had two writers' rooms or three writers' rooms going, and you walk back and forth. And… — 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
