I could have just said I'm good at my job, but I didn't. Didn't want the police thinking I was holding out… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
There came this point where I sat down with all my notebooks and I had to start to write, when I thought:… — David Simon Copy Share Image
Just imagine how interesting it would be if I were to publish a romance of the "Secret Annexe." The title alone would… — Anne Frank 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
There should be a detective show called "Johnny Monkey," because every week you could have a guy say "I ain't gonna get… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
“...for me, being a detective isn’t just about solving a case. It’s about bringing a resolution to all the loose ends, and… — Zechariah Barrett Copy Share Image
I have never read horror, nor do I consider The Exorcist to be such, but rather as a suspenseful supernatural detective story,… — William Peter Blatty Copy Share Image
One of the joys of this show [Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency] is that each of those characters could be starring in… — Samuel Barnett Copy Share Image
It is not the fault of the entrepreneurs that the consumers,the people, the common man,prefer liquor to Bibles and detective stories to… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
It's not possible to search for God using the methods of a detective... There is no way. You can only wait till… — Karel Capek Copy Share Image
I read a lot of detective stories because they always deliver. They give you a beginning, a middle, and an end -… — Robert Cormier 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
Detective stories keep alive a view of the world which ought to be true. Of course people read them for fun ...… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
A lot of the appeal of internal medicine is Sherlockian—solving the case from the clues. We are detectives; we revel in the… — Lisa Sanders Copy Share Image
Filmmaking is all about what we like to do on-screen. We have attempted that in the film. I have worked very hard… — Sushant Singh Rajput Copy Share Image
The average detective story is probably no worse than the average novel, but you never see the average novel. It doesn't get… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
Writing detective stories is about writing light literature, for entertainment. It isn't primarily a question of writing propaganda or classical literature. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To be a good detective you must also think like a crook, an immoral, unethical or unlawful person — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
Yes. I did more research than I ever wanted to and saw some things I wish I didn't. I went on ride-alongs,… — Mariska Hargitay Copy Share Image
Chuckling to herself, Nancy said aloud, "Romance and detective work won't mix tonight! — Carolyn Keene Copy Share Image
I never read detective novels. I started out in graduate school writing a more serious book. Right around that time I read… — James Patterson 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
For a detective or street police, the only real satisfaction is the work itself; when a cop spends more and more time… — David Simon Copy Share Image
I believe there's a landscape that exists underneath everything that we can see in present-day stuff. And I think that makes life… — Stephen Hopkins Copy Share Image
Love interest nearly always weakens a mystery because it introduces a type of suspense that is antagonistic to the detective's struggle to… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
