Nic Pizzolatto Quotes

United States, Novelist
October 18, 1975

Nicholas Austin Pizzolatto is an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for creating the HBO crime drama series True Detective.

Also known as Short Story Writer, Screenwriter, Producer

Often, what allows someone to behave heroically in dire circumstances is unpalatable in day-to-day life.

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Art was always for me an escape and a way to relate to the world around me.

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- World
- Art
- Escape

The conspiracies that I've researched and encountered, they seem to happen very ad hoc: they become conspiracies when it's necessary to have a conspiracy.

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I was raised by television. It was my first cultural window. It was a constant companion.

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- Television
- Window
- Raised
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.

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The work is where I tend to feel pressure - not so much in the reaction to it.

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- Work
- Pressure
- Reaction
I find the constraints of drama actually freeing: It brings everything down to character and action.

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- Character
- Action
- Drama
For me as a storyteller, I want to follow the characters and the story through what they organically demand.

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- Character
- Story
- Demand

It's better to not have a reputation than a bad one.

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- Reputation
- Have
I don't think you can create effectively toward expectation. I'm not in the service business.

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Whatever I watched, whatever I loved in 36 years of life on Earth, probably had some influence on me.

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- Earth
- Influence
- Watch