You can always tell a detective on TV. He never takes his hat off. — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
I think if you need to use a gun you're doing a lousy job as a detective. — Joe Gores Copy Share Image
I am a private detective. I am paid to be inquisitive and presumptuous. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Detective, I don't know where the boyfriend is, really," I said. And it was true, considering tide, current, and the habits of… — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
“I don't take much stock of detectives in novels - chaps that do things and never let you see how they do… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“The detectives ransack the place with the passion of soldiers fighting a just war.” — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
There is even - as with no other game - a fascinating detective literature, a wry commentary on the human comedy, implicit… — Alistair Cooke 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
“Her hair was pulled back so severely, it would have won approval from the Spanish Inquisition as a method of torture.” — Will Thomas Copy Share Image
“We women have intuition," Barby said loftily. "I wouldn't expect you to understand. I can't imagine why there aren't more women detectives.” — John Blaine Copy Share Image
There simply must be a corpse in a detective novel, and the deader the corpse the better. — S. S. Van Dine Copy Share Image
The private detective of fiction is a fantastic creation who acts and speaks like a real man. He can be completely realistic… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
All the plays that have ever been written, from ancient Greece to the present day, have never really been anything but thrillers...… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
The detective novel is the art-for-art's-sake of our yawning Philistinism, the classic example of a specialized form of art removed from contact… — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
I was enamored of detectives as a teenager. I liked what they did - piecing things together, thinking about situations. But to… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
The kind of issues that we face as detectives are similar to what the other married couples out there are facing, or… — Michael Ealy Copy Share Image
“All my instincts are one way, and all the facts are the other, and I much fear that British juries have not… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I dreamed about becoming a cowgirl, a detective, a spy, a great actress, or a ballerina. Not… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
I love soap operas - the stories, the plots! And I love the game shows and the courtroom dramas and the detectives… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
Then there are some minor points that strike me as suggestive - for instance, the position of Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag, the… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Scientists are people of very dissimilar temperaments doing different things in very different ways. Among scientists are collectors, classifiers and compulsive tidiers-up;… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
Rita folded her arms around herself and peered up at me. “If you’d asked me three months ago I’d have said you… — C.E. Murphy Copy Share Image
The vast results obtained by Science are won by no mystical faculties, by no mental processes other than those which are practiced… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
“Maybe this is what it feels like for civilians when they see cops doing some of the dirty work. A lot of… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
This is really good,” Donovan Caine said, attacking his third strawberry pancake. “You sound surprised,” I said. He shrugged. “I just didn’t… — Jennifer Estep 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
So many of the great detectives that we see on television now owe their origins to Sherlock Holmes. What was very exciting… — Nina Tassler Copy Share Image
“You said you’re certain the person the two of you ran off this property is a woman?” Both Keston and Jaden nodded.… — Lawana Dinkins Copy Share Image
“The two men sat silent for a little, and then Lord Peter said: "D'you like your job?" The detective considered the question,… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“ Let's be detectives when we grow up," suggested Douglas. " No," said William. " It's more fun bein' the man that… — Richmal Crompton Copy Share Image
“Dr. Watson's summary list of Sherlock Holmes's strengths and weaknesses: "1. Knowledge of Literature: Nil. 2. Knowledge of Philosophy: Nil. 3. Knowledge… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“I pulled the MG in beside him at the curb and he got in. "This thing ain't big enough for either one… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
“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 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
I found out a few months after we started [True Detective] that I was pregnant. — Michelle Monaghan Copy Share Image
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