"If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination"

"It is far more difficult to murder a phantom than a reality"

"Every murder turns on a bright hot light, and a lot of people... have to walk out of the shadows"

"The head of the CIA, it seems to me, would think long and hard before he admitted that former employees of his had been involved in the murder of the President of the United States-even if they weren't acting on behalf of the Agency when they did it"

"It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury"

"Fascism is capitalism plus murder"

"I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do not understand anything that happens"

"It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one feels all the social restraints holding one back. But here, anything can happen"

"Better murder an infant in its cradle than nurse an unacted desire"

"Murder is not the crime of criminals, but that of law-abiding citizens"

"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs"