Top 47 Quotes by Nic Pizzolatto

About Nic Pizzolatto

These are some quotes by American author Nic Pizzolatto Novelist, who was born on October 18, 1975.

'True Detective' is a densely layered work with resonant details and symbology and rich characterization under the guise of one of the forms of this mystery genre. That's what we shoot for.

'True Detective' is a densely layered work with resonant details and symbology and rich characterization under the guise of one of the forms of this mystery genre. That's what we shoot for.

Nic Pizzolatto

If I write scripts that nobody likes, I don't think we'll be doing 'True Detective.'

If I write scripts that nobody likes, I don't think we'll be doing 'True Detective.'

Nic Pizzolatto

I enjoy a third act, and I like stories with ending. A lot of my frustration with serialized storytelling is a lot of shows don't have a third act. They have an endless second act, and then they find out it's their last year and often have to hustle to invent a third act, but they were never necessarily organically meaning to begin with.

Nic Pizzolatto

I'd want to bring a flamethrower to faculty meetings. The preciousness of academics and their fragile personalities would not be tolerated in any other business in the known universe.

I'd want to bring a flamethrower to faculty meetings. The preciousness of academics and their fragile personalities would not be tolerated in any other business in the known universe.

Nic Pizzolatto

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

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

Nic Pizzolatto

For the finale, I thought the audience deserved to get a close point of view on the monster, and to recognize him the way you recognize the heroes of 'True Detective.'

For the finale, I thought the audience deserved to get a close point of view on the monster, and to recognize him the way you recognize the heroes of 'True Detective.'

Nic Pizzolatto

Nothing in the television show 'True Detective' was plagiarized.

Nothing in the television show 'True Detective' was plagiarized.

Nic Pizzolatto

I left the University of Chicago's creative writing program for a tenure-track job at DePauw University in Indiana, then left DePauw in 2010 for Los Angeles.

I left the University of Chicago's creative writing program for a tenure-track job at DePauw University in Indiana, then left DePauw in 2010 for Los Angeles.

Nic Pizzolatto

I was raised in a heavily Catholic family. Early and consistent encounters with mysticism.

I was raised in a heavily Catholic family. Early and consistent encounters with mysticism.

Nic Pizzolatto

I liked teaching, but the bureaucracy of academia and the petty intrigue... It wasn't a good fit. Once I admitted that myself, that I didn't like academia, I was ready to try TV.

I liked teaching, but the bureaucracy of academia and the petty intrigue... It wasn't a good fit. Once I admitted that myself, that I didn't like academia, I was ready to try TV.

Nic Pizzolatto

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