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I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but they don't describe anything in the society outside.

People just like a good crime story; they want to know who did it.

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.

I'm not an investigative journalist; I don't track crime or police blotters.

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.

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.

Writing detective stories is about writing light literature, for entertainment. It isn't primarily a question of writing propaganda or classical literature.

Crime stories show us the part of people's lives they try to keep hidden.

You're right on the money with that. We're all like detectives in life. There's something at the end of the trail that we're all looking for.