Books Quote by Karin Slaughter

I always try to create conflict and drama in my books; it's the engine of the novel.

— Monica Ali

A lot of novels use crime as a stepping stone to talk about greater issues. So I just think of myself as a writer.

— Karin Slaughter

Novels are usually built on conflict, sometimes very, very difficult conflict. It's why men write war novels - because there you go, there's the…

— Anna Quindlen

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

“In most crime novels the violent act, usually the murder, is the engine. Take that away and there is little left to drive the…

— Mo Hayder

“I will only write the novel, if I can solve the crime”

— Andrew Hixson

'The Turnaround' isn't even really a crime novel. But you need conflict to make a novel, any kind of novel, and I don't know…

— George Pelecanos

“I don't write crime fiction. I write romances between fucked up people that happen to be active criminals.”

— Anonymous

Crime fiction is a genre for writing stories about people - about conflict, about guilt, about passion, about the human condition.

— Jo Nesbo

I think conflict is one of the things that makes for a good story.

— Elizabeth Berg

Sometimes I think 'The Wire' said it all, and I might as well not write any more crime novels.

— George Pelecanos

When a novel is based on an actual crime, it should do much more than loosely fictionalize it. The novel must stand alone as…

— Sarah Weinman