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My manager sent me the first two scripts for 'True Detective,' and I just thought they were so interesting and that the world they were depicting was so titillating to me.

When I was younger, I watched all the detective shows.

I used to work as a private detective years and years ago.

I wanted to be a police detective. In my work, particularly in documentaries, I am obsessed with finding things out, seeking ever-new facts and perspectives - each project can involve years of research.

With 'True Detective,' you have a lot of time. How I like to describe it... it's like you're filming a theater piece.

I didn't expect anything crazy to happen from 'True Detective.'

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.

I read a lot of detective novels.

I didn't grow up watching detective shows. I've never even seen an episode of 'CSI.'

I don't feel that I wanted to spend my whole writing life - which is my life - writing detective stories.