http://lovecraftzine.com/2014/08/04/did-the-writer-of-true-detective-plagiarize-thomas-ligotti-and-others/

Nic Pizzolatto is being accused of lifting passages from author Thomas Ligotti (http://www.vulture.com/2014/08/thomas-ligotti-true-detective-guide.html?) to use in Rust Cohle’s monologues.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/08/06/true_detective_plagiarized_no_nic_pizzolatto_did_not_plagiarize_thomas_ligotti.html

“Nic Pizzolatto was not taking a test. He was writing a fictional TV show,” says Dave Haglund, who adds: "He created a character who thinks much like (author Thomas) Ligotti thinks, and he had that character express ideas similar to the ones that Ligotti expounded upon in a work of philosophy—albeit an unusual one…” PLUS: Talk of “True Detective’s” “women’s problem” (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/true-detectives-nic-pizzolatto-season-723406?) enrages Pizzolatto.
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle/2#SHXCROtBZW3h0h2z.99