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

I was raised by television. It was my first cultural window. It was a constant companion.

As human beings, we are nothing but the stories we live and die by — so you’d better be careful what stories you tell yourself.

I read The Conspiracy Against the Human Race and found it incredibly powerful writing. For me as a reader, it was less impactful as philosophy than as one writers ultimate confessional: an absolute horror story, where the self is the monster.

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.

You just do the best you can, and when you're able to connect with people, and when you do, it's just incredibly gratifying.

I don't think you can create effectively toward expectation. I'm not in the service business.