It's better to not have a reputation than a bad one. Nic Pizzolatto badreputation Change image and share on social
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 actbeginend 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
If you are a certain kind of hands-on learner and have been in a writers room and know how scripts get made, and you know what pre-production is, then mostly it's making sure the actors get what they need, and you are providing creative oversight while allowing room for everyone else to own the material, too. Nic Pizzolatto actorallowcreative share on social
'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 characterizationdenselydetail Change image and share on social
In the summer of 2010, I was working on a version of 'True Detective' that I was thinking might be my next novel, and it was told in these two first-person voices; Cohle and Hart's voices. Nic Pizzolatto cohledetectivehart Change image and share on social
Whatever I watched, whatever I loved in 36 years of life on Earth, probably had some influence on me. Nic Pizzolatto earthinfluencelife 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
'The Atlantic' really gave me my writing career - even just the conviction to be a writer. Nic Pizzolatto atlanticcareerconviction Change image and share on social
Most television shows are going to require an actor sign up from four to six years, but an anthology show really amounts to five or six months at the most. I thought serious actors might be attracted to that. Nic Pizzolatto actoramountanthology share on social