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
Chuckling to herself, Nancy said aloud, "Romance and detective work won't mix tonight! — Carolyn Keene Copy Share Image
“Detective work is ninety-nine percent boring and one percent the kind of excitement no one should ever experience.” — Marshall Thornton Copy Share Image
I came to believe that being a private detective was the work I was meant to do. — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
Like acting, undercover detective work requires a lot of performance. There's just more pressure because it's life-or-death situations. — John David Washington Copy Share Image
I hate that people are trying to detective work into my past, it bothers me... But it's, whatever, I haven't got anything… — Angus Cloud Copy Share Image
“The practice of guessing so obviously fails in detective work that it’s almost shocking that we guess when we have important problems… — Nat Greene Copy Share Image
“This was not part of his plan. Detective work and ungainly romance did not work well together.” — Matthew Cody Copy Share Image
“If you do not know your purpose, you have detective work to do. The clues will be in your life to date,… — Bill Harvey Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a police detective. In my work, particularly in documentaries, I am obsessed with finding things out, seeking ever-new… — James Marsh Copy Share Image
“I'd been trained in the art of psychotherapy, the excavation of the past as a means of untangling the present and rendering… — Jonathan Kellerman 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
Anything is easy to the man who sees… The open eye of the open mind--that has more to do with real detective… — Samuel Hopkins Adams Copy Share Image
“I came across a man in Belgium once, a very famous detective, and he quite inflamed me. He was a marvellous little… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Writing a novel was like I had some Play-Doh to work with and could just keep working with it - doing a… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
It often seems to me that's all detective work is, wiping out your false starts and beginning again." Yes, it is very… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
As a biographer, I try to uncover the adventures and personalities behind each character I research. Once my character and I have… — Jean Fritz Copy Share Image
Your novels show only the tiniest fraction of detective work, the brilliant crime, the tantalizing clues, the dramatic chase, the final battle… — Stefan Petrucha Copy Share Image
The best crime novels are not about how a detective works on a case; they are about how a case works on… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
