I never once regretted doing "True Detective".

I couldn't care less about who sees my bits ... My friends asked how I could do scenes like that and not get excited, but it wasn't like that. My bits looked the size of a cashew nut!

I've never seen a moon in the sky that, if it didn't take my breath away, at least misplaced it for a moment.

Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.

Desperation will allow you to do incredible things in the name of survival.

Girl trouble, for me, is when you fall in love.

But I dare not think too far into the future on the risk that I'll miss the present.

I got to work with Jared Leto. Jared's cute. Oh, I'll tell you. Jared will make you doubt about your sexuality.

I'm a big old romantic.

Every week a tsunami rips through poor towns and villages all over the world ... That tsunami is hunger.

My Mum taught me great manners. And she always told me that you can be or do whatever in life, as long as you don't hurt anyone and you're happy. My Mum's great; I adore her.

…there’s just something beautiful about walking on snow that nobody else has walked on. It makes you believe you’re special, even though you know you’re not.

But that was the least of it. He knew the worst of her, and that was better.

Im from Boston, and I get easily overwhelmed in New York, so I go to Boston and stay with my parents for a few months at a time to write, or edit, or just to cry.

There is something profoundly satisfying about sharing a meal. Eating together, breaking bread together, is one of the oldest and most fundamentally unifying of human experiences.

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.

When the average American consumes 43 times as much as the average African, we've got to think that consumption is an issue. It's not just about population.

It's much easier to make jokes about not having kids.

Order and creativity are complementary.

I am willing to do whatever is necessary to succeed.

How did I get hooked? Well, it's something like you journalists having a drink after work