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

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.

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

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.

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.

Although she'd never believe it, those lines in Gillian's face are the most beautiful part about her. They reveal what she's gone through and what she's survived and who exactly she is, deep inside.

I spread eggshells all over my room, so anyone who tries to get close when I sleep will know what they're walking on

Prayer is our most formidable weapon the thing which makes all else we do efficient.

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.

During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.

Granted there are only seven stories in the universe. And I agree with that. But give me a great variation of those stories. And literate.

Rocker dudes dont have swagger

The whole arrangement of my picture is expressive. The place occupied by the figures or objects, the empty spaces around them, the proportions, everything plays a part.

The road to success is long and up hill all the way

There is nothing sooner overthrows a weak head than opinion by authority, like too strong a liquor for a frail glass.