Achievement Quote by John Hawkes

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

When something gets attention so quickly, people sometimes will look for reasons to find fault and tear it down.

— John Hawkes

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

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

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

I don't have actor training myself.

— John Hawkes

A lot of times, you just don't get the jobs you want to get.

— John Hawkes

“I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme.”

— John Hawkes

“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

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

As an actor, you don't often get a chance to know exactly the impact of what the audience is seeing, even though you can…

— John Hawkes