Nathaniel Hawthorne My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing suicide, and, altogether beyond his hopes, meet with the good hap to be murdered. – Nathaniel Hawthorne
Joe R Lansdale When I wrote ‘Savage Season,’ it was three years later before I wrote the second Hap and Leonard novel. Whenever I wrote one, I never intended to write the next one. – Joe R Lansdale
Joe R Lansdale In some ways, I don’t consider a single Hap and Leonard novel the best, but I consider them my best characters. – Joe R Lansdale
Jimmi Simpson I think ‘Westworld’ and ‘Hap and Leonard’ are two of the greatest things that you can do with this oversized pool of the television medium. – Jimmi Simpson
James Purefoy We shot the first season of ‘Hap and Leonard’ towards the end of the summer in Louisiana, in and around Baton Rouge. If anyone’s been to Louisiana or comes from Louisiana, they know what the weather’s like down there at that time of year: it’s unbearably hot for an Englishman. – James Purefoy
James Purefoy I ran into my old friend Michael Kenneth Williams, who I worked with on a show called ‘The Philanthropist’ for NBC. He was going to be doing this show called ‘Hap and Leonard.’ He was playing Leonard, and they were looking for somebody to play Hap. – James Purefoy
