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.

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

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.

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.

I find the constraints of drama actually freeing: It brings everything down to character and action.

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