“I observe that there is a good deal of German music on the programme, which is rather more to my taste than… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“A Dickens character to me is a theatrical projection of a character. Not that it isn't real. It's real, but in that… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
“A mystifying sensation of loneliness shook him. Arthur had been alone before, to be sure, but to be alone while surrounded by… — Graham Moore Copy Share Image
Sherlock [Holmes] is on the side of the angels, but don't think he's one of them. He uses similar means, but it… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
The world domination plan goal is that I would love Veronica Mars to become a brand like Sherlock Holmes is a brand,… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
In terms of characters I wish I had created - just because I haven't dealt with anything like them - I'm really… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
“Sherlock: If the occasional pile of clutter offends you, by all means move it. John: Last time I tried that I was… — Guy Adams Copy Share Image
“To the man who loves art for its own sake,” remarked Sherlock Holmes, tossing aside the advertisement sheet of the Daily Telegraph,… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
The story of Sherlock Holmes, on the surface, is about detection, but in reality, it's about the best of two men who… — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
“Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantelpiece, and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case. With his… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“The affair seems absurdly trifling, and yet I dare call nothing trivial when I reflect that some of my most classic cases… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“Are you prepared to be the complete Watson?" he asked. "Watson?" "Do-you-follow-me-Watson; that one. Are you prepared to have quite obvious things… — A.A. Milne Copy Share Image
“He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“Sherlock Holmes is a literary figment. He lives in Neverland, so he always gets to be right. But if he tried to… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
“In one of the earlier Sherlock Holmes mysteries, Arthur Conan Doyle (not yet a Sir) made an observation on logical deduction. When… — Peter Clines Copy Share Image
“I’m told that Sherlock Holmes never said, “Elementary, my dear Watson” (at least in the Arthur Conan Doyle books) Jimmy Cagney never… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“What do you wish to draw my attention to? To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time. The dog did… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“I am afraid I never wore a deerstalker, or smoked the big pipe – mere embellishments by an illustrator, intended to give… — Mitch Cullin Copy Share Image
I think there's part of me that's longing to play a Sherlock Holmes or sort of a House character, like a real… — Janet Varney Copy Share Image
“When one tries to rise above Nature one is liable to fall below it. The highest type of man may revert to… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
I love Sherlock Holmes, but I love any of these old stories where the writer was paid by the word, so the… — Biz Stone Copy Share Image
“A sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off to violin-land, where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony, and there… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
I mean, imagine how some unfortunate Master Criminal would feel, on coming down to do a murder at the old Grange, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“How amazing it was, Holmes mentioned, that such a powerful substance, the chemistry of which was still not completely known, could be… — Mitch Cullin Copy Share Image
“To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
[Sherlock Holmes] has moved from being someone who was sociopathic, work-obsessed and slightly amoral, into being someone who has a certain degree… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
“How long is this to last?" asked the inspector finally. "And what is it we are watching for?" "I have no more… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“You're too late. She's my wife." "No, she's your widow." His revolver cracked, and I saw the blood spurt from the front… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“London, noisy, noisome, nattering London: aged, ageless, dignified, eccentric in her ways - seat of empire, capital of all the world; that… — Edward B. Hanna Copy Share Image
I was fifteen when I first met Sherlock Holmes, fifteen years old with my nose in a book as I walked the… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
The thing is, horror is a big part of 'Sherlock Holmes.' Doyle also wrote a lot of great horror stories, so there's… — Mark Gatiss Copy Share Image
“It's true, I'm impressed with myself, almost daily. If I don't impress myself then how am I ever to feel accomplished?" "Who… — Ridley Pearson Copy Share Image
“From the first day I met her, she was the only woman to me. Every day of that voyage I loved her… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“Well, and there is the end of our little drama," I remarked, after we had sat some time smoking in silence. "I… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“Let me see—what are my other shortcomings? I get in the dumps at times, and don't open my mouth for days on… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“To Sherlock Holmes she is always THE woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The swing of his nature took him from extreme languor to devouring energy; and as I knew well, he was never so… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“No murderer had before or has since caused such a sensation, passed so quickly into folklore or gained an image – top… — Paul Begg Copy Share Image
“He got up. It was too early to go to bed; at least, he was not in the mood for it. He… — George Orwell Copy Share Image