Noah Hawley Quotes

Cops and robbers resemble each other, so there's not a lot to learn in terms of learning the logistics of committing the crime or investigating the crime.

Every true-crime thing you see goes in with that kind of ominous music and low lighting, so to be able to talk about these things but not have to feel somber about it and not feel guilty that you're not feeling somber about it - I think that's what appeals to me.

My novels are never directly based on a true crime incident, but I want to get the details right. I want to know how homicide detectives think, what a SWAT team might do to prepare.

The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult it is to bring it home.

Some of the best movies made about crime are those where the crime solver can get inside the head of the serial killer, and those are the techniques we use in C.S.I.

I'm Marie Lightfoot, or at least that's the name my publisher puts on the covers of the books I write about true crime. In classic 'true crime' fashion, my latest one is titled 'Anything to Be Together.'

I think there are lots of those moments when we meet people - listeners at a meet-and-greet - and they tell us that they've changed their major to forensic science, or criminal justice, or they've become a victim's advocate.

I was always obsessed with crime, crime shows, anything to do with unsolved cold cases.

He kissed her and killed her then dumped her body in the river.

Yes, it leads people to believe that they have more information than our cops, but then, at some point, before you know it, you're both caught up. Everybody, when they're watching the who-dun-it shows, is making guesses in the first five minutes anyway. We just kind of give them what they want.

I really enjoyed doing that [Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2004) - "Graham Barnes"]. I got to work with Margaret Colin, who was a blast to work with, and a wonderful actress, and Taylor Roberts. She was fantastic. And getting to work with Vincent D'Onofrio, who's amazing. But I loved the characters of the parents, these sick psychiatrists.

I watch a lot of true crime on TV.

In terms of pure volume, I probably read more psychological mystery and historical true crime than anything else.

I will live in TV Land watching 'Columbo.' I also like my 'Forensic Files,' all of that true crime.

I've always been a fan of investigation shows.

My approach to the story... is if you can get into a criminal's mind and understand how it works and understand how crime is committed, you can help prevent it from happening to someone else.

'Forensic Files' is big in our house.

'Without a Trace' analyzes criminal behavior in the special context of a disappearance. We consider it a suspense thriller.

True crime has always been popular.

It's not terrifying to watch 'Mindhunter,' necessarily, but it's just unsettling. You can find Aileen Wuornos just talking to a camera. It's hard to watch. Her eyeballs, they are just terrifying.

I've been saying for about 20 years, 'When am I going to get my cop show?'

I love the idea of getting into the mind of the criminal.

I have also done a web show called 'Delhi Police'. It is about the investigation around the Nirbhaya case. It is also very path-breaking and interesting.

There is no murder. We make murder, and it matters only to us.

Going to a sensational murder trial is the only way I can relax.