True-crime Quote by Kathryn McMaster Download Open image ““While all murders are tragic, not all murders are interesting to write about.”” — Kathryn McMaster ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare True-crime True-crime-story Writing
“Might it also be that creating narratives around murder allows a measure of comfort? Murder in the abstract is terrifying; in the details, you… — Emily Maguire Copy Share Image
“You can’t plot murder like a novel. There are always loose ends in real life.” — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
“Writing is like a relationship. When it is good, it is damn good; when it is bad, you contemplate murder.” — Nevea Lane Copy Share Image
“There are two kinds of people who sit around all day thinking about killing people...mystery writers and serial killers. I'm the kind that pays… — Richard Castle Copy Share Image
“I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure.” — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
“Inevitably, I became distracted by tales that I knew held no promise for us—accounts of murders that had long since been solved, or whose… — Caleb Carr Copy Share Image
“There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people: psychopaths and mystery writers.” — Richard Castle Copy Share Image
“They have secret weapons that break the heart of innocents, elevate stress levels, shoot down to make it look guilt. They can burn from… — Maria Karvouni Copy Share Image
“One day soon, you’ll hear a car pull up to your curb, an engine cut out. You’ll hear footsteps coming up your front walk.… — Michelle McNamara Copy Share Image
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“His voice was so faint that it was audible only to those in the first rows. “I haven’t got much to say, only that… — Kimberly Tilley Copy Share Image
“If I wasn't sure before, I'm sure now that she poisoned him to death. I'm also fairly sure she had help killing him, and… — Jeannie Walker Copy Share Image
“A quick butchers shows up Old Bill three-handed, also a particularly nasty female grass–-and if looks were acid baths the two she collects from… — Derek Raymond Copy Share Image
“When you make a Bargain with a devil you better follow through.” — Gloria Gravitt Moulder Copy Share Image
“If you have time to breathe, you have time to read. If you have time to read, you have time to write. - Donalie… — Donalie Beltran Copy Share Image
“It was a level of obliviousness, or perhaps denial, that was scarcely imaginable, and yet it was real. It was as if I had… — Lionel Dahmer Copy Share Image
“An unhappy woman with access to weed killer had to be watched carefully.” — James Ruddick Copy Share Image
“I ended that letter, 'There is nothing in this life that is a complete tragedy - nothing - try to remember that.' Looking back,… — Ann Rule Copy Share Image