Will Graham

"History is written by the victors, but it's lived by everyone else."

"I've read so many accounts of violence that I can predict it now."

"Leadership means making decisions others aren't willing to make."

"I work because it's what I'm designed to do."

"Dreams are where my real life happens."

"I can find humor in the darkness because it's the only way to survive it."

"The pursuit of knowledge has consumed me entirely."

"I've lost track of whether I'm the hunter or the hunted."

"Faith is a luxury for people who haven't seen what I've seen."

"Inspiration comes from places I'd rather not acknowledge."

"I don't believe in good or evil—just different shades of human."

"The greatest adventure is the one into someone else's mind."

"I've sacrificed everything for the work, and I'm still not sure it's enough."

"Music has a way of speaking to places in me that words can't reach."

"I'm not running toward anything; I'm running away."

"Understanding a killer means accepting the parts of him that live in you."

"I've seen the worst humanity has to offer, and it never gets easier."

"The work is a sickness, and I'm not sure there's a cure."

"I admire the intelligence of a killer, even as I despise the crimes."

"Freedom is an illusion when you're bound by your work."

"I construct myself every day to be what others need me to be."

"The worst monsters are the ones who don't know they're monsters."

"I've learned that empathy is both my greatest strength and weakness."

"I can't save myself, so I save others instead."

"The monster isn't what I hunt—it's what I carry inside."

"I've forgotten how to be anyone other than what this work demands."

"Success means catching the killer before he kills again."

"I don't ask for forgiveness because I'm not sure what I need forgiving for."

"The price of seeing clearly is that you can never unsee."

"I exist in the spaces between what people say and what they mean."