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

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.

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.

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

I was raised in a heavily Catholic family. Early and consistent encounters with mysticism.

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

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.