Computers, like automobiles and airplanes, do only what people tell them to do.

Famous crime stories almost always lead to the passing of new laws. There's a great many intersections between this unseemly tabloid phenomena and serious social issues and we never get to that intersection because serious people don't like to talk about that unattractive stuff.

All societies have these cases. There are many, many crime cases that remain famous from the times of the Romans. The Bible is full of crime stories. You can almost flip to a page. Joseph being sold into slavery by his brothers is a crime story. The Bible is full of crime stories.

Do people really believe there's something different about the eyes of murderers?

We don't genuinely need more literary geniuses. One can only read so many books in a lifetime.

There are, I believe, many more false confessions to murders than true confessions.

Serial murders are just the worst stories. It can take an emotional toll on you.