My ultimare goal is, without illusion and without sentimentality, merely by telling the truth as I see it, to break your heart. If I can break your heart and cause your awareness to expand to include another person's experience, even a fictional person's experience, and to inhabit for a moment their sorrow and suffering, then I think it expands us as people.
Nic PizzolattoI was raised in a heavily Catholic family. Early and consistent encounters with mysticism.
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 PizzolattoI made True Detective like it was going to be the only thing I ever made for television. So put in everything and the kitchen sink. Everything.
Nic Pizzolatto