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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.

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 get a script and it's really interesting with scripts, because you never really know. It's paper and it could be great or awful. Even scripts that are good could end up not working.

It's really interesting with scripts, because you never really know. It's paper and it could be great or awful. Even scripts that are good could end up not working.

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

Some people, especially literary people, they think, 'I'll write this original script, and it will be full of ideas. I'll submit it, and they'll hire me for television.' That's not the case.

I think a good script is a rare thing, and I think no matter who you are you have to fight for the good ones.

You're always looking for good scripts and when they're not always forthcoming you go mad.

I just have a belief that when there is a rare script out there that speaks to you, you have to stick with it. You have to.

Scripts are corny and predictable. Real life is always better.