Quotable Quotes on Crime Fiction

Viewpoints from Masters of the Genre

P.D. James

“The detective story is neither irrational nor romantic, and its clues are rooted in the reality and minutiae of everyday life.” From Talking about Detective Fiction.

Alfred Hitchcock

"One of television's great contributions is that it brought murder back in the home, where it belongs." National Observer (August 15, 1966)

Dorothy L. Sayers

"Death, in particular, seems to provide the mind of the Anglo-Saxon race with a greater fund of innocent amusement than any other single subject."