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Crime Quotes

I usually get up not before 9. I have a huge library - I’m a big fan of Scandinavian crime fiction - so I’ll usually take a book and go off to one of my favorite bistros for a cappuccino or espresso or maybe I’ll have some lovely smoked salmon for breakfast Picture Quote #1

I’m sold as a literary writer in Holland; I’m sold as crime fiction in England. I think of it as just literature Picture Quote #1

And there are rules for crime fiction. Or if not rules, at least expectations and you have to give the audience what it wants Picture Quote #1

I get very tired of violence in crime fiction. Maybe it is what life is like, but I don’t want to do it in my books Picture Quote #1

Arabs don’t do crime fiction. I read crime fiction and I read Arabic literature, and I wish this was a novel I could have read in Arabic Picture Quote #1

Anyone who says, ‘Books don’t change anything,’ or - more commonly - that crime fiction is the wrong genre for promoting social change - should take a closer look Picture Quote #1

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I think crime fiction is a great way to talk about social issues, whether ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ or ‘The Lovely Bones;’ violence is a way to open up that information you want to get out to the reader Picture Quote #1

In the crime fiction section, you may just find a novel that talks about the place where you’re from and speaks to you about your life - or the life yours could have become if a little misfortune had come your way Picture Quote #1

One of the surprising things I hadn’t expected when I decided to write crime fiction is how much you are expected to be out in front of the public. Some writers aren’t comfortable with that. I don’t have a problem with that Picture Quote #1

There is sometimes a feeling in crime fiction that good writing gets in the way of story. I have never felt that way. All you have is language. Why write beneath yourself? It’s an act of respect for the reader as much as yourself Picture Quote #1

I’m snobby about books that aren’t crime fiction: if I start reading a literary novel and there’s no mystery emerging in the first few pages, I’m like, ‘Gah, this obviously isn’t a proper book. Why would I want to carry on reading it?’ Picture Quote #1

Ian Rankin’s Rebus is the king of modern British crime fiction. He is dour, determined, and constantly falls foul of his seniors. For all this, we root for him. He is eminently loveable, a quixotic hero moving through the darker half of a Jekyll and Hyde Edinburgh Picture Quote #1

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There are a number of writers who believe it is their duty to throw as many curve balls at the reader as possible. To twist and twist again. These are the Chubby Checkers of crime fiction and, while I admire the craft, I think that it can actually work against genuine suspense Picture Quote #1

Crime fiction, especially noir and hardboiled, is the literature of the proletariat Picture Quote #1

Crime fiction confirms our belief, despite some evidence to the contrary, that we live in a rational, comprehensible, and moral universe Picture Quote #1

The mainstream has lost its way. Crime fiction is an objective, realistic genre because it’s about the real world, real bodies really being killed by somebody. And this involves the investigator in trying to understand the society that the person lived in Picture Quote #1

Reading my way all the way through Sherlock Holmes gave me a lifelong love for crime and detective fiction Picture Quote #1

In Cold Blood’ is not a thriller at all, really. It is, however, the first work of its kind: a true crime book that reads like fiction Picture Quote #1

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I read all the Agatha Christies when I was younger and like Sherlock Holmes. Crime fiction has always fascinated me, but I’ll read anything anyone gives me Picture Quote #1

I’m not an investigative journalist; I don’t track crime or police blotters Picture Quote #1

The queen of crime, Agatha Christie, was always more concerned about the clockwork cleverness of the plot, never the investigator Picture Quote #1

The Manhattan district attorney has closed the well-publicized investigation of the handling of the $300 million fortune of reclusive heiress Huguette Clark - without charging anyone with a crime Picture Quote #1

I like crime movies where the crime is so incredible that, attractive as it seems, you don’t wanna do it because it’s just too dangerous Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I find some movies patronizing, which I feel is the ultimate crime Picture Quote #1

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There’s been about 75 movies about Jesse James, and I’ve seen about four of them. He’s usually portrayed as this plucky rebel who’s got no choice but to turn to crime, because the railway’s hassling his mother. But he wasn’t like that Picture Quote #1

Crime is actually less in places where people own guns. Washington, D.C., is a case in point. It has the strictest gun laws, but who has the highest crime rate in the country? Washington, D.C Picture Quote #1

I’ve got no dark secrets, I wasn’t beaten up, my parents were kind to me and there was a low crime rate where we lived. Maybe that’s where the comedy comes from, as some sort of reaction to the safe, boring suburbs Picture Quote #1

It’s funny that they’ve called homosexuality a crime... At this rate, everyone will be a criminal Picture Quote #1

Mayor [Rudy] Giuliani is here, worked very well in New York. It brought the crime rate way down. But you take the gun away from criminals that shouldn’t be having it Picture Quote #1

But the good news, the crime rate is down. Isn’t that amazing? Less banks are being robbed. Well, sure. A, there’s less banks. B, the banks don’t have any money left. And C, nobody’s got gas money for the getaway car. So, right there, crime is down! Picture Quote #1

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I usually get up not before 9. I have a huge library - I’m a big fan of Scandinavian crime fiction - so I’ll usually take a book and go off to one of my favorite bistros for a cappuccino or espresso or maybe I’ll have some lovely smoked salmon for breakfast. (Crime Quotes) I’m sold as a literary writer in Holland; I’m sold as crime fiction in England. I think of it as just literature. (Crime Quotes) And there are rules for crime fiction. Or if not rules, at least expectations and you have to give the audience what it wants. (Crime Quotes) I get very tired of violence in crime fiction. Maybe it is what life is like, but I don’t want to do it in my books. (Crime Quotes) Arabs don’t do crime fiction. I read crime fiction and I read Arabic literature, and I wish this was a novel I could have read in Arabic. (Crime Quotes) Anyone who says, ‘Books don’t change anything,’ or - more commonly - that crime fiction is the wrong genre for promoting social change - should take a closer look. (Crime Quotes) I think crime fiction is a great way to talk about social issues, whether ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ or ‘The Lovely Bones;’ violence is a way to open up that information you want to get out to the reader. (Crime Quotes) In the crime fiction section, you may just find a novel that talks about the place where you’re from and speaks to you about your life - or the life yours could have become if a little misfortune had come your way. (Crime Quotes) One of the surprising things I hadn’t expected when I decided to write crime fiction is how much you are expected to be out in front of the public. Some writers aren’t comfortable with that. I don’t have a problem with that. (Crime Quotes) There is sometimes a feeling in crime fiction that good writing gets in the way of story. I have never felt that way. All you have is language. Why write beneath yourself? It’s an act of respect for the reader as much as yourself. (Crime Quotes) I’m snobby about books that aren’t crime fiction: if I start reading a literary novel and there’s no mystery emerging in the first few pages, I’m like, ‘Gah, this obviously isn’t a proper book. Why would I want to carry on reading it?’ (Crime Quotes) Ian Rankin’s Rebus is the king of modern British crime fiction. He is dour, determined, and constantly falls foul of his seniors. For all this, we root for him. He is eminently loveable, a quixotic hero moving through the darker half of a Jekyll and Hyde Edinburgh. (Crime Quotes) There are a number of writers who believe it is their duty to throw as many curve balls at the reader as possible. To twist and twist again. These are the Chubby Checkers of crime fiction and, while I admire the craft, I think that it can actually work against genuine suspense. (Crime Quotes) Crime fiction, especially noir and hardboiled, is the literature of the proletariat (Crime Quotes) Crime fiction confirms our belief, despite some evidence to the contrary, that we live in a rational, comprehensible, and moral universe. (Crime Quotes) The mainstream has lost its way. Crime fiction is an objective, realistic genre because it’s about the real world, real bodies really being killed by somebody. And this involves the investigator in trying to understand the society that the person lived in. (Crime Quotes) Reading my way all the way through Sherlock Holmes gave me a lifelong love for crime and detective fiction. (Crime Quotes) In Cold Blood’ is not a thriller at all, really. It is, however, the first work of its kind: a true crime book that reads like fiction. (Crime Quotes) I read all the Agatha Christies when I was younger and like Sherlock Holmes. Crime fiction has always fascinated me, but I’ll read anything anyone gives me. (Crime Quotes) I’m not an investigative journalist; I don’t track crime or police blotters (Crime Quotes) The queen of crime, Agatha Christie, was always more concerned about the clockwork cleverness of the plot, never the investigator. (Crime Quotes) The Manhattan district attorney has closed the well-publicized investigation of the handling of the $300 million fortune of reclusive heiress Huguette Clark - without charging anyone with a crime. (Crime Quotes) I like crime movies where the crime is so incredible that, attractive as it seems, you don’t wanna do it because it’s just too dangerous. (Crime Quotes) Sometimes I find some movies patronizing, which I feel is the ultimate crime (Crime Quotes) There’s been about 75 movies about Jesse James, and I’ve seen about four of them. He’s usually portrayed as this plucky rebel who’s got no choice but to turn to crime, because the railway’s hassling his mother. But he wasn’t like that. (Crime Quotes) Crime is actually less in places where people own guns. Washington, D.C., is a case in point. It has the strictest gun laws, but who has the highest crime rate in the country? Washington, D.C. (Crime Quotes) I’ve got no dark secrets, I wasn’t beaten up, my parents were kind to me and there was a low crime rate where we lived. Maybe that’s where the comedy comes from, as some sort of reaction to the safe, boring suburbs. (Crime Quotes) It’s funny that they’ve called homosexuality a crime... At this rate, everyone will be a criminal. (Crime Quotes) Mayor [Rudy] Giuliani is here, worked very well in New York. It brought the crime rate way down. But you take the gun away from criminals that shouldn’t be having it. (Crime Quotes) But the good news, the crime rate is down. Isn’t that amazing? Less banks are being robbed. Well, sure. A, there’s less banks. B, the banks don’t have any money left. And C, nobody’s got gas money for the getaway car. So, right there, crime is down! (Crime Quotes)

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