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> [It has long been a source of wonder to me why the leading criminological writers--men like Edmund Lester Pearson, H. B. Irving, Filson Young, Canon Brookes, William Bolitho, and Harold Eaton--have not devoted more space to the Greene tragedy; for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-s-van-dine/it-has-long-been-a-source-of-wonder-to-me-why-the-leading/)

[S. S. Van Dine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-s-van-dine/)

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## More by S. S. Van Dine

> [Giving full rein to one's cynicism as one goes along produces a normal outlet and maintains an emotional equilibrium.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-s-van-dine/giving-full-rein-to-one-s-cynicism-as-one-goes-along-produces-a/)

[S. S. Van Dine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-s-van-dine/)

> [There are few punishments too severe for a popular novel writer,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-s-van-dine/there-are-few-punishments-too-severe-for-a-popular-novel-writer/)

[S. S. Van Dine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-s-van-dine/)

> [There simply must be a corpse in a detective novel, and the deader the corpse the better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-s-van-dine/there-simply-must-be-a-corpse-in-a-detective-novel-and-the-deader-the/)

[S. S. Van Dine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-s-van-dine/)

> [A detective novel should contain no long descriptive passages, no literary dallying with side-issues, no subtly worked-out character analyses, no 'atmospheric' preoccupations. Such matters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-s-van-dine/a-detective-novel-should-contain-no-long-descriptive-passages-no/)

[S. S. Van Dine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-s-van-dine/)

> [It has long been a source of wonder to me why the leading criminological writers--men like Edmund Lester Pearson, H. B. Irving, Filson Young,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-s-van-dine/it-has-long-been-a-source-of-wonder-to-me-why-the-leading/)

[S. S. Van Dine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-s-van-dine/)

> [Only, as long as we're going insane we may as well go the whole way. A mere shred of sanity is of no value.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-s-van-dine/only-as-long-as-we-re-going-insane-we-may-as-well-go-the-whole-way-a/)

[S. S. Van Dine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-s-van-dine/)

> [Of all the criminal cases in which Philo Vance participated as unofficial investigator, the most sinister, the most bizarre, the seemingly most incomprehensible, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-s-van-dine/of-all-the-criminal-cases-in-which-philo-vance-participated-as/)

[S. S. Van Dine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-s-van-dine/)

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