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

Often, what allows someone to behave heroically in dire circumstances is unpalatable in day-to-day life.

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

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.

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

At DePauw, I was teaching writing and fiction. The things I wanted to teach, more than anything else, were form and theory of the novel, of narrative. I liked those classes.

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