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Forensics I've always found absolutely fascinating. Anything to do with clues. And checking things out and solving.

People are fascinated by the darker sides of human nature, and I think they're also interested in seeing the ability that a particular detective or group of detectives might have to solve the crime and put the world right again.

I love Sherlock Holmes. There's still an awful lot to steal from Conan Doyle. But within a tradition you can work in many different ways.

More than 100 years after he first appeared, Holmes remains the template for the fictional detective.

I read a lot of detective novels.

I read two mysteries a day when I was a kid. All of Agatha Christie, all of 'Sherlock Holmes.' I've seen every single British detective show ever made.

There's something very strange about Sherlock Holmes, especially if you're an English schoolboy. When you read the stories, they stay with you forever.

I didn't invent forensic science and medicine. I just was one of the first people to recognize how interesting it is.

The thing I don't like about detective stories is looking for criminals.

If there was one overarching theme to 'True Detective,' I would say it was that, 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.