Whatever I watched, whatever I loved in 36 years of life on Earth, probably had some influence on me.

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

The Atlantic really gave me my writing career - even just the conviction to be a writer.

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

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

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.

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