Acting Quote by Joel Edgerton

Crime makes for great drama and it's interesting because it delves into the darker side of us. Those kind of stories go way back,…

— Mark Bonnar

I always thought what an interesting idea because almost everybody's fascinated by the perpetrator of a crime; very few people study what happens to…

— Clint Eastwood

I've always been drawn to the extremes of human behavior, and crime fiction is a great way to explore the lives and stories of…

— Nick Petrie

The great thing about detective stories, in particular, the case can always be interesting as well as the characters.

— Shane Black

Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the…

— Karin Slaughter

Crime stories are often sensationalized. They can provoke lower standards.

— David Grann

In everything I've written, the crime has always just been an occasion to write about other things. I don't have a picture of myself…

— Peter Temple

I love crime dramas. They're horrible but I find them fascinating.

— Rose Ayling-Ellis

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…

— Jo Nesbo

I've never been a great fan of crime fiction. I read Agatha Christie in my youth, but that's all.

— Olga Tokarczuk

I know a lot of crime writers feel very underrated, like they're not taken seriously, and they want to be just thought of as…

— Sophie Hannah

Crime is one of the leads of the show. If there's ever anything that deals with a character's personal life, you don't have to…

— Christopher Meloni