For me, the worst writing generally just 'flips' things: this person's really a traitor; it was all a dream; etc. Nothing is so ruinous as a forced 'twist,' I think. Nic Pizzolatto baddreamflip Change image and share on social
You know how people say that young people feel immortal? I don't know what they're talking about. I was planning for how I would deal with my death in good conscience well before I even hit puberty. Nic Pizzolatto consciencedealdeath Change image and share on social
There's never been anything I didn't love that I didn't connect with on a personal level because, to some degree, I projected upon it. Nic Pizzolatto connectdegreelevel Change image and share on social
I read 'The Conspiracy Against the Human Race' and found it incredibly powerful writing. For me as a reader, it was less impactful as philosophy than as one writer's ultimate confessional: an absolute horror story, where the self is the monster. Nic Pizzolatto absoluteconfessionalconspiracy share on social
We're all born storytellers. It's part of the species. But, more specifically, I suppose a particular combination of sensitivity and trauma made me a writer: an essential disquiet with reality, which required exploration through portrayal. Nic Pizzolatto bearcombinationdisquiet share on social
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. Nic Pizzolatto conspiracyencounterhappen Change image and share on social
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. Nic Pizzolatto authenticitycharactercompel Change image and share on social
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 academiaadmitbureaucracy Change image and share on social
I was raised in a heavily Catholic family. Early and consistent encounters with mysticism. Nic Pizzolatto catholicconsistentearly Change image and share on social
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 angeleschicagocreative Change image and share on social
