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.

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

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.

If landscape is a character for me, then it helps if I'm familiar with it and I already have a take on it.

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

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