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Most crime fiction, no matter how 'hard-boiled' or bloodily forensic, is essentially sentimental, for most crime writers are disappointed romantics.

— John Banville

The criminal is a creative artist; detectives are just critics.

— Hannu Rajaniemi

Undoubtedly the stories about them [hard-boiled detectives] had a fantastic element. Such things happened, but not so rapidly, nor to so close-knit a group…

— Raymond Chandler

“The heroes of urban fantasy come out of the hard-boiled mystery, while the villains, monsters, and antagonists have their own roots in classic horror…

— George R.R. Martin

I know you shouldn't spit in your own soup but I think most crime writing is like TV and doesn't make enormous demands on…

— Donna Leon

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

The problem with Maigret is he hasn't got a limp, and he hasn't got a lisp, and he hasn't got a French accent, or…

— Rowan Atkinson

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

— Joel Edgerton

Hardboiled crime fiction came of age in Black Mask magazine during the Twenties and Thirties. Writers like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler learnt their…

— Charles Frazier

Flawed characters... a ticking clock... morally questionable acts on all sides... moody, evocative art... oh yeah, this the stuff crime noir fans love!

— Christos Gage

What is interesting, as well, is how much power homicide detectives have and how much respect. They are kind of rock stars, especially in…

— Theo James

A crime is like a crack in reality, and it is the author's role to explore those cracks. As a writer, I like to…

— Natsuo Kirino