American - Writer | August 25, 1964 -
I don't like characters who are either good or bad. I just don't experience that in life, so my writing hasn't evolved that way.
Marti Noxon
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It all starts with a very solid, well-executed script, where the story is very clear and everybody is rowing in the same direction. That's always good; that's a constant.
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When I was going to get ready to take 'Dietland' up, I have to say I was surprised to find that I felt like maybe we wouldn't find a home for it because it's unlike anything else that I've done.
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You really can't quantify what 'Dietland' is.
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I think I've also grown a little bit in that I'm not so easily dissuaded if I really believe something.
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A show can be completely dead before you even get on the air. I've been privy to a couple of those.
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I think there's a good-er divorce. I think that's absolutely possible. There's a better way to do it and everything in between, and then, of course, there's the disastrous way to do it.
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I think my biggest problem as a creative person trying to work within a business for profit was that it was very important to me that people liked me. Over the years, observing other showrunners who made work that I so admired, I realized that that had to go. This couldn't be my first priority. My first priority had to be the work.
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Eating disorders are A) not fun at parties, and B) they're not very fun in movies.
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When people are like, ''UnREAL' is so dark,' I'm like, 'Hahahahahahahahahaha! Wait 'til you get to 'Sharp Objects.''
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Any press is good press.
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There're been sort of a sea change in my work in general, in that the more personal, the universal it's become.
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