All science, even the divine science, is a sublime detective story. Only it is not set to detect why a man is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's a structure to a detective story that I can easily understand. I understand playing that particular game. It's like solving a… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
“I should prefer that you do not mention my name at all in connection with this case, as I choose to be… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Just imagine how interesting it would be if I were to publish a romance of the "Secret Annexe." The title alone would… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
What is interesting, as well, is how much power homicide detectives have and how much respect. They are kind of rock stars,… — Theo James Copy Share Image
The Big Sleep' would have been a more effective study of nightmarish existence had the detective been more complicated and had more… — Manny Farber Copy Share Image
I love facts and figures. It's like following a detective story, piecing together what's going on in the economy. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
My family are police officers, detectives. My brother Mitch is FBI. Mitch is like that - a stern enforcer. — Bernie Mac Copy Share Image
I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
These days we don’t have to fit into something other people think we are. We’ve leveled the playing field, life is inclusive.… — Mariska Hargitay Copy Share Image
“Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. The detective must… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
At bottom, I mean profoundly at bottom, the FBI has nothing to do with Communism, it has nothing to do with catching… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
The more I hung out with detective squads, the more there was always one guy or two guys or a woman who… — Richard Price Copy Share Image
You just work really hard and scrutinize. What is it called in politics? "Opposition research"? You want to do the detective work… — James Ponsoldt Copy Share Image
The reality of any location in Britain being used in a TV program of a film is that something bad is going… — Ben Wheatley Copy Share Image
The level of backlash [for the True Detective] was kind of fascinating and not fully shocking because I know what the world… — Colin Farrell Copy Share Image
Every man that ever lived craved perfect happiness, the detective poignantly reflected. But how can we have it when we know we’re… — William Peter Blatty Copy Share Image
“He began as a minor imitator of Fitzgerald, wrote a novel in the late twenties which won a prize, became dissatisfied with… — Barry N. Malzberg Copy Share Image
If this "critical openminded attitude" ... is wanted, the question at once arises, Is it science that should be studied in order… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
As we blossom or awaken, we begin to notice there is a force in the world that seems to be operating and… — James Redfield Copy Share Image
Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages. Adding explanation… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
Love interest nearly always weakens a mystery because it introduces a type of suspense that is antagonistic to the detective's struggle to… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
“There can be no supernatural elements, no secret passages, no imaginary poisons, no Chinamen, no twins, no mystical intuitive powers, and the… — Christopher Fowler Copy Share Image
Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages. Adding explanation… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
You seem to have quite a taste for discussing these horrible subjects," she said, rather scornfully; "you ought to have been a… — Mary Elizabeth Braddon Copy Share Image
Women always find you out when you lie. Always. No matter what, they always find out. They're like detectives. — Usain Bolt Copy Share Image
to keep believing in life, until you're sure of death, it's the way a detective should be." - Kogoro Mouri, Detective Conan — Gosho Aoyama Copy Share Image
Reading my way all the way through Sherlock Holmes gave me a lifelong love for crime and detective fiction. — Stanley Bing Copy Share Image
“So that's the way you scientific detectives work. My god! for a fat, middle-aged, hard-boiled, pig-headed guy, you've got the vaguest way… — Dashiell Hammett Copy Share Image
I read two mysteries a day when I was a kid. All of Agatha Christie, all of 'Sherlock Holmes.' I've seen every… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
He just waited until I stopped talking and said, 'Jesus, kid, you're almost a detective. All you need now is a gun,… — John Green Copy Share Image
You find when you're writing a detective story that you're actually not trying to solve anything. You're trying to stop the reader… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
The cops picked me up for attempted murder. I can still see the detectives, licking their chops. Thought they had me. Two… — Barry White Copy Share Image
“Truly competent Literary Detectives are as rare as truthful men, Mr. Tweed -- you can see her potential as clearly as I… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“How different from the cosy world of Rüya's detective novels, where authors never vexed a hero with more signs than he needed.” — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
The only two kinds of books could earn an American writer a living are cookbooks and detective novels. — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
What description of clouds and sunsets was to the old novelist, description of scientific apparatus and methods is to the modern Scientific… — Hugo Gernsback Copy Share Image
The perfect detective story cannot be written. The type of mind which can evolve the perfect problem is not the type of… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
I just love family meetings. Very cozy, with the Christmas garlands round the fireplace and a nice pot of tea and a… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains," he remarked with a smile. "It's a very bad definition, but… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
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