A novel is a relationship, you know? When you read a book, the writer has done half the work, and you're doing half the work. You're providing the imagination, the words are turning into pictures in your mind, there's an active relationship that's going on.
It's amazing how flexible the human mind is in terms of jumping into a backstory or an aside. Vonnegut is a great example - it's not a linear story b… - Noah Hawley
It's amazing how flexible the human mind is in terms of jumping into a backstory or an aside. Vonnegut is a great example - it's not a linear story b…
- Noah Hawley
There's only one note you ever get in broadcast and that's clarity. - Noah Hawley
There's only one note you ever get in broadcast and that's clarity.
There's still nothing like a book to really make you feel like you've disappeared into a world. - Noah Hawley
There's still nothing like a book to really make you feel like you've disappeared into a world.
I'm thirty-six years old and I've been married once and he left and I don't want to feel this way anymore. Like I can't be vulnerable. Can't relax. I… - Noah Hawley
I'm thirty-six years old and I've been married once and he left and I don't want to feel this way anymore. Like I can't be vulnerable. Can't relax. I…
My feeling has always been if you entertain people, they give you permission to do more on a thematic or character level. - Noah Hawley
My feeling has always been if you entertain people, they give you permission to do more on a thematic or character level.
A two-hour movie tends to be a plot-delivery device; you tend to have to introduce all the characters, say what the goal is, and then get there with … - Noah Hawley
A two-hour movie tends to be a plot-delivery device; you tend to have to introduce all the characters, say what the goal is, and then get there with …
I see myself as a first-draft writer, so when I sit down to write something, the first draft is usually pretty close to the end draft. There will be … - Noah Hawley
I see myself as a first-draft writer, so when I sit down to write something, the first draft is usually pretty close to the end draft. There will be …
In a book you can really talk about ideas and themes and characters in a deeper way than you can even on the screen. - Noah Hawley
In a book you can really talk about ideas and themes and characters in a deeper way than you can even on the screen.
There's this overly friendly sense of community built up by very isolated people, and there's this Lutheran humbleness that keeps people from talking… - Noah Hawley
There's this overly friendly sense of community built up by very isolated people, and there's this Lutheran humbleness that keeps people from talking…
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