Certain experiences you can't survive, and afterward you don't fully exist, even if you failed to die.

Killing characters on television has become an easy short cut to cathartic emotion.

We live in a culture that has a real hard time distinguishing fiction from reality. Even when they're told something is fiction.

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

Certain experiences you can't survive, and afterward you don't fully exist, even if you failed to die.

For me as a storyteller, I want to follow the characters and the story through what they organically demand.

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.