We Don't Genuinely Need More Literary Geniuses.

Because Crime Stories Reveal An Aspect Of Our Personality That Everybody Has, But Which We Normally Keep Very Deeply Hidden. We Like To Talk About The Good Sides Of Ourselves. We Don't Like To Talk About Our Hatreds, Our Distrusts Of One Another, Our Secrets, But Crime Stories Drag Those Things To The Surface And Consequently They Fascinate People And Always Have Throughout All History.

There Comes A Moment During A Job Interview When You're Still Talking, But You Might As Well Take Off Your Shoes.

In A Crime Story, The Details Become Tremendously Important - Where The Staircase Was In Relation To The Bed, For Example.

Computers, Like Automobiles And Airplanes, Do Only What People Tell Them To Do.

Crime Stories Show Us The Part Of People's Lives They Try To Keep Hidden.