101 Quotes by Nic Pizzolatto

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

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.

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

I didn't come to Hollywood to be subservient to anyone else's vision.

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

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

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

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

If landscape is a character for me, then it helps if I'm familiar with it and I already have a take on it.