People are fascinated by the darker sides of human nature, and I think they're also interested in seeing the ability that a particular detective or group of detectives might have to solve the crime and put the world right again.
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The thing I don't like about detective stories is looking for criminals.
If there was one overarching theme to 'True Detective,' I would say it was that, as human beings, we are nothing but the stories we live and die by - so you'd better be careful what stories you tell yourself.
Well I think that the mind of a serial killer and the mind of the detectives represent the duality we face as people.
You're right on the money with that. We're all like detectives in life. There's something at the end of the trail that we're all looking for.
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 read a lot of detective novels.
In a mystery, the sleuth must be believably involved and emotionally invested in solving the crime.
There's definitely a fascination with crime stories and stories of characters acting out against authority.
I think that crime is a good vehicle for looking at society in general because the nature of the crime novel means that you draw on a wide group of social possibilities.
I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but they don't describe anything in the society outside.