Crime Fiction Genre Quotes

I've read every one of Donald Goines' books. So as soon as I heard there was an opportunity for one of his novels to be turned into a movie, I jumped at the opportunity.

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, but there's not much about society. I want to get away from that particular pattern: a lead, a supporting role and backdrop characters.

I usually get up not before 9. I have a huge library - I'm a big fan of Scandinavian crime fiction - so I'll usually take a book and go off to one of my favorite bistros for a cappuccino or espresso or maybe I'll have some lovely smoked salmon for breakfast.

I had done 12 little romance books, and I decided I wanted to move into crime fiction.

When I first started writing the books in the 1980s, all of the female detectives were flawed in some way because they were based on noir characters.

Steve Mosby has become one of a handful of writers who make me excited about crime fiction.

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers.

The Ned Kelly is definitely the coolest of all the crime fiction awards, and if you think about it, it's the only one that's given for an entire continent.

I'm sold as a literary writer in Holland; I'm sold as crime fiction in England. I think of it as just literature.

I think I'm part of a generation of crime writers all of whom woke up independently and recoiled with horror at the fact that we'd chosen this very conservative genre.

When I was a teenager, I was a voracious reader of crime fiction, but only contemporary books.

I not only read Raymond Chandler but read all the crime fiction classics. I was hooked.