“A lot of writers, especially crime writers, have an image that we think we're trying to keep up with. You've got to be seen as dark and slightly dangerous. But I'm not like that and I've realised that I don't need to put that on. People will buy the books whether they see a photo of you dressed in black or not.” PeopleThinkingNeedsTryingBookBlackDarkDangerousCrimeRealised Author:Ian Rankin
“The most difficult part of any crime novel is the plotting. It all begins simply enough, but soon you're dealing with a multitude of linked characters, strands, themes and red herrings - and you need to try to control these unruly elements and weave them into a pattern.” NeedsTryingEnoughCharacterDifficultNovelCrimeElementsRedPatternsThemeMultitudesLinkedStrandsUnrulyHerringCrime NovelsRed Herrings Author:Ian Rankin
“What I'm trying to say is the Holocaust was a horrific crime against humanity and frankly, I would never want to see that repeated.” WantTryingHumanityCrimeHolocaustHorrificCrimes Against Humanity Author:Paul LePage
“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
“I have been an accomplice to the murders of untold numbers of human beings. I am admitting this only because I have made a deal with God. Spare me, I said, and I will try to stop others from committing the same crimes I did.” TryingHumansHas BeensMadeSaidHuman BeingsDealsNumbersCrimeMurderSparesAdmittingAccomplices Author:Joe Eszterhas
“After more than two decades of trying to destroy the firearms rights of more than 80 million law-abiding American gun owners - and statistically failing to show any impact on violent crime - the Brady 'Campaign Against Illegal Guns' is yet another crusade whose ultimate goal is to trample the Second Amendment into dust.” TryingTwoShowsLawGoalMillionsRightsFailingCrimeGunUltimateImpactDecadesCampaignsViolentDustOwnersIllegalAmendmentsAbidingSecond AmendmentFirearmsUltimate GoalCrusadesBradyGun OwnersViolent CrimesIllegal Guns Author:Alan Gottlieb
“If we were really tough on crime, we'd try to save our children from the desperation and deprivation that leave them primed for a life of crime.” IfsTryingChildrenCrimeToughOur ChildrenDesperationDeprivationSensory Deprivation Author:Carrie P. Meek
“Each person is born with a unique individuality, and each person has a destiny of his or her own. Imitation is crime, it is criminal. If you try to become a Buddha, you may look like Buddha, you may walk like him, you may talk like him, but you will miss. You will miss all that life was ready to deliver to you. Buddha happens only once.” IfsTryingLooksMayPersonsHappensMotivationalBornWalksDestinyMissingCrimeReadyUniqueIndividualityCriminalsImitationWill Miss You Author:Rajneesh
“Watching people is a good hobby, but you have to be careful about it. You can’t let people catch you staring at them. If people catch you, they treat you like a first-class criminal. And maybe they’re right to do that. Maybe it should be a crime to try to see things about people they don’t want you to see.” PeopleIfsWantShouldTryingFirstsClassCrimeTreatsCarefulCriminalsStaringBe CarefulHobbiesFirst Class Book:Tell the Wolves I'm Home Source: Tell the Wolves I'm Home