Often, what allows someone to behave heroically in dire circumstances is unpalatable in day-to-day life.

Certain experiences you can't survive, and afterward you don't fully exist, even if you failed to die.

We live in a culture that has a real hard time distinguishing fiction from reality. Even when they're told something is fiction.

I made True Detective like it was going to be the only thing I ever made for television. So put in everything and the kitchen sink. Everything.

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.

Killing characters on television has become an easy short cut to cathartic emotion.

I knew the past wasn't real. It was only an idea, and the thing I'd wanted to touch, to brush against, the feeling I couldn't name - it just didn't exist. It was only an idea, too.

The ideas within this philosophy are certainly not exclusive to any writer.

I'm not in the service business.

I was raised by television. It was my first cultural window. It was a constant companion.

As someone with a novelistic background, I just didn't have much interest in creating stories by committee. I don't think you necessarily get the best story through that approach.

Everything you experience is a blessing and pushes you toward realizing your true self.

A book should be luminous not voluminous.

There's never been a particular band that I've followed religiously. But I do tend to listen to sadder music.

Educate the heart. Let us have good men.

I've been a fan of electronic music since the beginning.

So you find a lot of these sixth Americans congregate in these interracial congregations. They hang out together at work, at school, wherever.

The only person I have hurt is myself.

Dads are awkward because they're older guys who aren't cool anymore and are figuring out who they are, and they often make bad choices in fashion and music.

If you have a sombrero, throw it to the sky!

Oh, my Lolita, I have only words to play with!