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

The Atlantic really gave me my writing career - even just the conviction to be a writer.

Some people, no matter where they look, they see themselves.

It’s better to not have a reputation than a bad one.

As someone with a novelistic background, I just didn't have much interest in creating stories by committee. I don't think you necessarily get the best story through that approach.

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.

In the summer of 2010, I had decided to get into film and TV writing, so I wrote scripts for six different ideas I had developed, and the pilot for True Detective was one of them.