Art was always for me an escape and a way to relate to the world around me.

You can't really judge an actor's abilities by their career, because the business is going to pigeonhole people into whatever turns a profit, and no artist is less in charge of how their work is presented than an actor, the appeal of Vince was that within a great naturalism, he can convey fierce intelligence, complex emotion, and a real warmth married to a real edge, strength and vulnerability and danger and humor. There are essential contradictions at work that makes him fascinating to watch.

Whatever story you're telling in Louisiana, the landscape is going to become a character in it.

If I write scripts that nobody likes, I don't think we'll be doing 'True Detective.'

I didn't come to Hollywood to be subservient to anyone else's vision.

I've found that all weak people share a basic obsession - they fixate on the idea of satisfaction. Anywhere you go men and women are like crows drawn by shiny objects. For some folks, the shiny objects are other people, and you'd be better off developing a drug habit.

I 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.