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I just really like the verve and muscle of good crime fiction, the narrative punch of it. The underlying principle of good crime fiction is an insistence on a kind of root democracy. I've always responded to that notion.

I don't know that I am fascinated with crime. I'm fascinated with people and their characters and their obsessions and what they do. And these things lead to crime, but I'm much more fascinated in their minds.

I know a lot of crime writers feel very underrated, like they're not taken seriously, and they want to be just thought of as writers rather than ghettoised as crime writers, but I love being thought of firmly as a crime writer.

Tons of musicians who I love are imprisoned by their identity. That can be totally fine because they are so amazing in their technique, but for me, I'm a little too restless for that.

I love so many different genres. I love crime films - and unusual coming-of-age pieces.

I love the character I played in 'Criminal Minds.'

I think the great artists, especially in literature, have always thought with the heart.

From Jesse James to Charles Manson, the media, since their inception, have turned criminals into folk heroes.

There's definitely a fascination with crime stories and stories of characters acting out against authority.

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