“When I was young, I knew William Burroughs really well. And William's ...” — Patti Smith Quote

“When I was young, I knew William Burroughs really well. And William's secret desire, which he never quite did, was to write a straightforward detective novel.”

“I am not really certain how original my contribution to music is as I am obviously an amateur.”

“Some of us are born rebellious. Like Jean Genet or Arthur Rimbaud, I roam these mean streets like a villain, a vagabond, an outcast, scavenging for the scraps that may perchance plummet off humanity's dirty plates, though often sometimes taking a cab to a restaurant is more convenient.”

“In the summer of 2010, I had decided to get into film and TV writing, so I wrote scripts for six different ideas I had developed, and the pilot for 'True Detective' was one of them.”

“I wanted to be an actor when I was young, and I wanted to be a detective.”

“A working detective has no hope of understanding what even experts who devote their lives to the study of criminal psychology can't figure out.”