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Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but it is above all the secret aspect, impenetrable and hidden. Crime hides, and by far the most terrifying things are those which elude us.

I read 'Crime and Punishment' years ago and don't recall the details of it, but I do retain a strong sense of the creeping paranoia and panic.

Crime takes the pulse of a culture. It tells us the truth about us as a species.

Americans have discovered fear.

Fear is the culprit that robs us of our greatest lives. And although it's mostly made up or a learned behavior from our past, almost everybody I've ever met in my life struggles with fear.

The fear of murder has grown so enormous in the United States that it leaves a taint, like the mark of Cain, on everyone murder touches.

Americans' great and secret fear is that America may turn out to be a phenomenon rather than a civilization.

I fear the carnival of crime is beginning on our border.

Crime is a product of social excess.

Crimes are more often committed out of fear than wickedness. People live frightened, desperate lives.