At first, I thought 'this series is going to be all about death and desecration,' but instead became a more complex landscape of human relationships. I hope I put something of these feelings into the portraits that I made of the characters, which were landscapes in themselves. An irony in the subject of crystal meth is how beautifully it resembles the desert sky.

Evil is always devising more corrosive misery through man's restless need to exact revenge out of his hate.

You see, nature will do exactly what it must, and if we are a hindrance to its development, to even its destructive powers to reform itself and we are in a way, we will go.

God invented mankind because he loved silly stories.

There's no such thing as a mistake, really. It's just an opportunity to do something else.

The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.

America is ripe for lies and lethargy. The pure mountain air is going and gone. It is a huge burden and a sadness for us all.