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"The doctor seemed especially troubled by the fact of the robbery having been unexpected, and attempted in the night-time; as if it were the established custom of gentlemen in the housebreaking way to transact business at noon, and to make an appointment, by the twopenny post, a day or two previous."
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"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime."
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"A murderer is a killer without a uniform."
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"A killer is someone who killed another without their country's permission."
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"I was having a field day down the Westend; my deep pockets were jingling and full of money nearly every day of the week. My brother's bird, Irene, wanted a fur coat, so I got her one by throwing a brick through the shop window and grabbing the coat off the shop dummy. Once I got to the bed-sit, I put the jacket on and waltzed in to the flat looking like Liberace, the two of them burst out laughing. Irene was like a tramp eating chips. 'Let's try it on, Jimmy, please?' As she swooned around like Joan Collins with the fur coat on, she had the air of a council estate beauty queen about her."
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"Crime writers, I've noticed, can be jumpy. They live in a world where there are murderers on the loose and they haven't been caught yet!"
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"All I can really say is it's bloodier than hell. In this one I'm going to be much more direct and honest in my description of the actual killings and the crime scene."
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"In crime books it's possible to chart forensic technology by how well it has to be explained to a reader. In mid-Victorian crime novels fingerprinting has to be explained because it's new. Nowadays it's part of our world and we can simply assume that knowledge if we write about it."
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"Our party's committed to tackling failing schools and cutting crime."
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"I didn't break into comics to write fairytales or crime comics."
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"I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them."
Fear
"The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop."
Poor
"I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. I like everything around me to be clear as crystal and completely calm."
Politics
"A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it."
Film
"Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house."
Change
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Home
"I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach."
Body
"For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake."
Life
"In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director."
God
"Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints."
Crime
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