Whatever I watched, whatever I loved in 36 years of life on Earth, probably had some influence on me.
Nic PizzolattoIf landscape is a character for me, then it helps if I'm familiar with it and I already have a take on it.
Nic PizzolattoAs someone with a novelistic background, I just didn't have much interest in creating stories by committee. I don't think you necessarily get the best story through that approach.
Nic PizzolattoIn the summer of 2010, I had decided to get into film and TV writing, so I wrote scripts for six different ideas I had developed, and the pilot for True Detective was one of them.
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