Peter Ackroyd Quotes

Every murder turns on a bright hot light, and a lot of people... have to walk out of the shadows.

'Castle' isn't really affected emotionally by murder. He's thrilled about, 'Oh, my God, I wonder how this happened?'

I've been a police officer for over 20 years, and I've investigated murders and all kinds of different crimes.

Killers can seem smart when you can't figure out who they are.

One evening, after my wife and son had gone out for a walk, I decided to have a talk with my neighbor, who I believe was murdered. I had gotten to know and admire him by listening to people talk about him. He seemed a wonderful person with much to give.

Nothing matters but the facts. Without them, the science of criminal investigation is nothing more than a guessing game.

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 read a lot about serial killers.

'Murder in the First' takes 12 episodes to explore the crime and the issues surrounding it, all in the hopes of answering the question, 'How did we get to this point?'

A criminal should be exonerated if it is proven to the court that the blood of the victim was permitted.

Another murder I committed made the front page.

You don't have many suspects who are innocent of a crime. That's contradictory. If a person is innocent of a crime, then he is not a suspect.

The boys with their feet on the desks know that the easiest murder case in the world to break is the one somebody tried to get very cute with; the one that really bothers them is the murder somebody only thought of two minutes before he pulled it off.

Many police departments still use DNA evidence the way they have used fingerprints and tire tracks: to determine whether a suspect committed the crime.

A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five times a week.

They committed murder, it is true; but their situation may have rendered it inevitable.

I believe the question now is: who murdered my mother?

While you're finding evidence of innocence, you also find evidence that points to other people.

The why of murder always fascinates me so much more than the how.

Well I think that the mind of a serial killer and the mind of the detectives represent the duality we face as people.

'Big Little Lies' is the story of a school trivia night that goes horrifically wrong, when one parent ends up dead, possibly murdered. I have never attended a school trivia night where a parent ended up dead. In fact, I've never been to a school trivia night at all.

I followed him at the time and thought he was hysterical. He was the first serial killer, a new kettle of fish, because we didn't have the detection techniques in those days.

I think seeing some of the past can be helpful, especially if you're into crime solving.

Come here immediately and see if you can find the murderer of the President.

I read extensively about serial killers and all sorts of things people get up to.