Crime fiction Quote by Megan Abbott

So much of contemporary crime fiction is painful to read and obsessed with violence, particularly against women, and I can't read that.

— Donna Leon

I grew up reading crime fiction and, especially in the '80s, women were just there to be saved or screwed.

— Karin Slaughter

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

— Jo Nesbo

I've read crime fiction all my life. A thing that's bothered me about crime fiction is that it's generally about one or two people,…

— Anonymous

Crime fiction is the fiction of social history. Societies get the crimes they deserve.

— Denise Mina

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

There's an overlap between social-realist fiction and crime fiction - a sweet spot there.

— Daniel Woodrell

If there were genders to genres, fiction would be unquestionably feminine.

— William H. Gass

There's definitely a fascination with crime stories and stories of characters acting out against authority.

— Joel Edgerton

You don't read many scripts, especially for crime dramas, that feature a strong woman as the central character.

— Jodie Whittaker

I think the "crime novel" has replaced the sociological novel of the 1930s. I think the progenitor of that tradition is James M. Cain,…

— James Lee Burke

Most mainstream male fiction is littered with heroines, and female characters are basically so great, you want to fall in love with them.

— Iain Banks