Detective Quotes · Page 3

“all. Detective Garland is retired.”

— Wendy Meadows

“You have bigger balls than some men I know.”

— Carolyn Arnold

“I am still angry, Detective Bosch”

— Michael Connelly

“Years as a detective on the Kansas City police”

— S.W. Hubbard

“Yes, Manda. You’re becoming a good detective.”

— Carolyn Keene

“CONCERNED BUT NOT CONSUMED!”

— Ron Sanders

“I’m Detective Mitch Lawson.”

— Kristen Ashley

“you were attacked by cement monkeys?”

— Tom Cook

I'm not cut out to be a detective on 'Law & Order' - I laugh too easily.

— Becki Newton

It's like being involved in a detective story, looking for that thing that nobody else has found.

— Erik Larson

It's totally different playing a lawyer and a detective.

— Nicola Walker

The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the critic.

— Anonymous

I'd love to do a Columbo-type detective character in a series.

— Robert Carlyle

“It was quite elementary,' returned the detective with a languid gesture of one hand.”

— Anthony Horowitz

When a girl gets jealous , she'll automatically becomes a detective.

— Anonymous

“Don't wanna ever take your shoes off in coconut land. Never know when you're gonna have to run.”

— Dianne Harman

I knew 'True Detective' wasn't something I could allow anyone else to develop. But by the time HBO expressed an interest, I…

— Nic Pizzolatto

I never write thinking, 'What would a woman do?' any more than I think, 'What would a man do?' It comes down…

— Michael Connelly

“Strike teringat kata Adler, "Kebohongan tidak akan masuk akal, kecuali kebenaran mengandung bahaya yang setara.”

— Robert Galbraith

“The Land of Civilian was a dry bitter place where you sat in your car staring at drawn curtains and closed doors…

— Lily Gardner

“. . . and there was for a moment an unbreakable bond between us: the eternal bond of chemistry. I glowed with…

— Alan Bradley

I enjoy setting the scene and coming up with interesting frames. 'True Detective' was a very hands-on set.

— Cary Fukunaga

I read science, because to me, that's extremely exciting. It's like a great detective story, and it's happening right in front of…

— Alan Alda

“It takes a certain kind of man willing to work long, grueling hours in a career offering few rewards.”

— Jon Michaelsen

Well, the clues are there. They always are. Which is why when crimes are solved decades after the fact, it's obvious that…

— James Ellroy

I think people are tired of the CSI/SVU style of lurid and gory crime dramas. I believe there's a craving for lighter…

— Carol Higgins Clark

I once started a detective story to make money—but I couldn't get the murder to take place! At the end of three…

— Mary McCarthy

I liked dark, urban stories like 'Peter Gunn,' which was a detective series on network TV when I was a little boy.…

— Michael Emerson

I used to think the store detective had followed me all the way home and would knock on the door and go,…

— Maxine Peake

I remember watching 'Colombo' a lot with my dad. That was one of the first detective shows I remember watching. And I…

— Stephanie Beatriz

“I don't believe for one moment that I killed him [...] But if I didn't, somebody else did. I must appoint myself…

— Pamela Branch

Whether I build a character from the ground up or develop one, whether within my own copyright or in licensed work, I…

— Karen Traviss

“Murder investigations start with the victim, because usually in the first instance that's all you've got. The study of the victim is…

— Ben Aaronovitch

“In the nineteenth century, The Romantics viewed Nature as benign, a glowing reflection of God's grace. Now we know better. Nature is…

— Richard Yancey

“My motto? Don’t trust someone who is just as cagey as yourself." "What kind of detective are you?” “A lousy one and…

— Peggy A. Edelheit

I think Dirk [Gently] thinks that he's a brilliant detective, but he's the worst detective, ever. He does have this particular skill,…

— Samuel Barnett

“A smile is hidden beneath the mustache, it crinkles the corners of his hooded eyes. “I didn’t. I have other business in…

— Gwenn Wright

“Perhaps this is the purpose of detective investigations, real and fictional -- to transform sensation, horror and grief into a puzzle, and…

— Kate Summerscale

“He walked back to St George's-in-the-East, which in his mind he had now reduced to a number of surfaces against which the…

— Peter Ackroyd

“Taylor and Fitz sat at a patio table in the back of Las Palmas. The front room was filled with giggling Vanderbilt…

— J.T. Ellison