“You've got to give an audience something to root for. The minute you get into more dystopian shows, where everything's really dark, and no one has any hope, and there's no positive goal we're working toward, it's a bummer. You run out of gas with them. Because you need to know, 'What am I in this for? What am I rooting for?'”

American screenwriter, television producer, author and singer

Noah Hawley is an American screenwriter, television producer, author and singer. He is best known for creating, writing, and often directing the FX series Fargo, Legion, and Alien: Earth. He also worked on Bones, The Unusuals, and My Generation. His work is chiefly associated with television, where he has built a career as a creator and writer across several series.