“The Special Operations Network was instigated to handle policing duties considered either too unusual or too specialized to be tackled by the… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
The Detective was different. Not that he wasn't a good man; Willie had heard enough about him to understand that he was… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
I got into comics about the same time as music. By 12 years old, I had discovered my dad's killer comic book… — Alan Robert Copy Share Image
“Detective Inspector Eccles sighed. He may ordinarily have met his sigh with the question of why the newly appointed Superintendent Dickinson was… — Tom Conrad Copy Share Image
After all, when we were children, when things went wrong, there wasn’t much we could do to help put it right. But… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I saw part of The Singing Detective on TV in New York. I said, Something is going on here. — Alain Resnais Copy Share Image
Not all detectives are the same - some play bad cop, some are awkward, some are funny. — Juliette Lewis Copy Share Image
Let me express how much I don't care on a scale of one to bite me," the former detective said. — Darynda Jones 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
Read like a detective and write like a conscientious investigative reporter. — David Coleman Copy Share Image
Operating in an unlit world, the unconscious mind is a brilliant detective. — Jo Coudert Copy Share Image
I love people, studying people. That's the Scorpio part of me. We are natural detectives; we like to find things out. — James Van Praagh Copy Share Image
I also wonder why is it that so many of the movies and books that are detective stories are also the most… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
THE WICKED + THE DIVINE is unlike True Detective as: it features women who do things. THE WICKED + THE DIVINE is… — Kieron Gillen Copy Share Image
Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we… — Kevin Eubanks Copy Share Image
I think these days an SF connection would be a boost to other books; I'm sure more people have read my two… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
the detective's highest talent lay in the gentle art of seeking favours under the guise of conferring them! — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
When I was young, I knew William Burroughs really well. And William's secret desire, which he never quite did, was to write… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“Thank you sir," she said. "I hope that your friend feels better soon." I shrugged. "The ways of the Lord" I said,… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
The psychological detective story in "Equus" made Peter Shaffer's name as a playwright. But it was his next play, "Amadeus," that cemented… — Bob Mondello Copy Share Image
Garrett must have sensed I was awake. "Hey Detective," he said to Uncle Bob, who was now trudging across the grating toward… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
Ah, there's nothing like tea in the afternoon. When the British Empire collapses, historians will find that it had made but two… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Y'see, I get so bored so easily. I like to start with a clean slate each time. Sure, I'll have characters drop… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
I'm not a detective from Baker Street or an old lady who solves crimes while she's knitting in an easy chair. I'm… — Mizuki Nomura Copy Share Image
The more I hung out with detective squads, the more there was always one guy or two guys or a woman who… — Richard Price Copy Share Image
At bottom, I mean profoundly at bottom, the FBI has nothing to do with Communism, it has nothing to do with catching… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“Thus, by science I mean, first of all, a worldview giving primacy to reason and observation and a methodology aimed at acquiring… — Alan Sokal Copy Share Image
“Perhaps this is the purpose of detective investigations, real and fictional -- to transform sensation, horror and grief into a puzzle, and… — Kate Summerscale Copy Share Image
You picked that out?” Caine asked. “That pink, plastic toy?” I turned to look at him. “I happen to have been a… — Jennifer Estep Copy Share Image
I began wanting to create a detective who really turned the tables on that image of women, to know that you could… — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
In many ways, I think I'm a good person for it. I mean, I'm not a musical theater dude. Or rather, I… — James Ponsoldt Copy Share Image
As we blossom or awaken, we begin to notice there is a force in the world that seems to be operating and… — James Redfield Copy Share Image
Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages. Adding explanation… — Akira Kurosawa 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
This element of surprise or mystery the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called is of great importance in a… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
The Compleat Angler is acknowledged to be one of the world's books. Only the trouble is that the world doesn't read its… — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories. — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
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