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I read a lot of detective novels.

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.

In a mystery, the sleuth must be believably involved and emotionally invested in solving the crime.

The detective genre is not easy because you've got to get to a conclusion that is unexpected.

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 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.

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

I enjoy doing the research of nonfiction; that gives me some pleasure, being a detective again.

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

Narrativity presumes a special taste for plot. And this taste for plot was always very present in the Anglo-Saxon countries and that explains their high quality of detective novels.