Writing detective stories is about writing light literature, for entertainment. It isn't primarily a question of writing propaganda or classical literature.
“Even the most wretched individual of our present society could not exist and develop without the cumulative social efforts of countless generations.”
“Clint Eastwood. Here's a guy who's been involved in so many movies, lots of them masterpieces, and now he's a director. I just like everything I know about him. He's very decisive, he makes up his mind real quick.”