A novel is a relationship, you know? When you read a book, the writer has done half the … - Noah Hawley

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I'm particularly interested in how you can't rely on your own perception.

Noah Hawley

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.

Book, Imagination, Mind, Pictures, Providing, Relationship

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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. It's exhausting, always being on the defensive, keeping my guard up. I feel like Cuba.

Defensive, Relax, Six, Vulnerable, Years

Some roads you shouldn't go down. Because maps used to say there were dragons here. Now they don't. But that don't mean the dragons aren't there.

Mean, Dragons, Maps, Roads, Say

It's always very important to me to try to create a story that feels unpredictable. You can't jump ahead and see what's coming, but at the end, when you've watched the whole thing, it all feels inevitable.

Feels, Important, Jump, Stories, Trying, Unpredictable

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 by any means, but somehow your brain is keeping it moving in one direction even though the story is taking you in all these different directions.

Aside, Mean, Moving, One Direction, Somehow, Though

In a book you can really talk about ideas and themes and characters in a deeper way than you can even on the screen.

Book, Character, Characters, Ideas, Screen