“I'm just an entertainer. In a way crime stories are boring. A crime's been committed and at the end you know it will be solved. So you've got to make the story interesting besides it just being a plot. And that's why character matters, why you've got to make the characters interesting.” KnowsWayEndsMatterCharacterStoriesInterestingCrimeCommittedBoringPlotJust BeingEntertainers Author:Jo Nesbo
“I know you shouldn't spit in your own soup but I think most crime writing is like TV and doesn't make enormous demands on one's intellect.” ThinkingKnowsWritingCrimeTvsDemandIntellectEnormousSoupSpit Author:Donna Leon
“I'm at the age where I just want to experiment. You know, play a crime investigator one week, a pregnant girl one week, an angel of darkness another week. I don't want to define myself by any category, or age, or role.” KnowsWantPlayAgeGirlRolesDarknessWeekCrimeAngelExperimentsCategoriesPregnantInvestigators Author:Leven Rambin
“Crime stories are, as you know, one of the most popular forms of entertainment that exist. If you then try to have something to say... that I have, of course.” IfsKnowsTryingStoriesFormCoursesCrimeEntertainment Author:Steig Larsson
“Prosecutors say my father was the biggest crime boss in the nation... If you really want to know what John Gotti was like, you need to talk to my family. We lived this life.” IfsKnowsWantNeedsFatherNationsCrimeLike YouMy FamilyThis LifeBossProsecutor Author:Victoria Gotti
“I'm a bit of a hacker fanatic and know a fair bit about that industry and cyber crime and cyber warfare.” KnowsBitsCrimeIndustryFairsWarfareFanaticsHackersCyberCyber Warfare Author:Seth Gordon