But, you know, there’s still an argument, there’s still ten states that outlaw premarital sex, and many more states where adultery is still outlawed and a crime. – Liam Neeson
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. – Kathy Reichs
I have been reading crime books ever since I was a child, but I had never tried to write one. – Kerry Greenwood
If I’m at the front line and refuse to treat a patient, it’s considered a crime. As a physician, this is my oath. I’m going to treat everyone regardless. – Joanne Liu
White-on-white crime is a devastation in America like so-called black-on-black crime. It’s not black or white-on-white crime. It’s proximity murder. – Michael Eric Dyson
The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers. – Jacques Barzun
I think I’m part of a generation of crime writers all of whom woke up independently and recoiled with horror at the fact that we’d chosen this very conservative genre. – Laura Lippman
The way the terrorist is trained to operate, especially the suicide terrorists, makes punishment and the threat of punishment far less valuable to those who would prevent the crime. – John Ashcroft
Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors. – Karin Slaughter
The Crime Victims Fund is distributed to service providers who assist millions of crime victims annually throughout our communities in a host of ways. It is paid for by fines levied on criminals, not taxpayers. – Jim Costa
I’m a big fan of Elmore Leonard, and I’ve read Ian Rankin, Christopher Brookmyre and so on. But I’d never read a crime novel that made me feel emotional at the end. – John Gordon Sinclair
My argument is not that I shouldn’t have been punished, but that the punishment didn’t fit the crime. – Kevin Mitnick
The rise of computer crime and armed robbery has not eliminated the lure of caged cash. – James Chiles
To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other. – Karl Shapiro
It’s interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant. – Martin Scorsese
There is one instance that we cite in the report where in one of the conversations a member of organized crime is talking to another member of organized crime and he suggests that Attorney General Kennedy should be murdered. – Louis Stokes
It doesn’t help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if it’s the idea of the offender to extinguish himself in the commission of the crime. – John Ashcroft