Reading my way all the way through Sherlock Holmes gave me a lifelong love for crime and detective fiction. — Stanley Bing Copy Share Image
He just waited until I stopped talking and said, 'Jesus, kid, you're almost a detective. All you need now is a gun,… — John Green Copy Share Image
You find when you're writing a detective story that you're actually not trying to solve anything. You're trying to stop the reader… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
You be sure to throw the book at him, you hear me? I feel violated, Detective. Violated." "I'll throw this table at… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
Eventually I would like to touch all the genres. I would like to do some detective stories, and I want to do… — Sergio Aragones Copy Share Image
She was the only woman in the homicide unit, and already there had been problems between her and another detective, charges of… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
I was disappointed, but I kind of knew it was going to be an uphill struggle because of how strong the first… — Colin Farrell Copy Share Image
One of the things I have an allergic reaction to playing, especially as a black actor, is the mandatory kind of best… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
I've intentionally played things very straight with Batman. I didn't want to be too jarring for fans. Zero Year accommodates a bit… — Greg Capullo Copy Share Image
Detectives are only human; we're not Gods that know everything. When detectives tell their theory, in reality, most are rather anxious. Thinking… — Gosho Aoyama Copy Share Image
I chose 'No. 1 Ladies' Detective,' or I'll say it chose me, and it was an absolute blessing, for the experience of… — Jill Scott 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
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
If anybody asks me what I attribute the longevity of my career to, then I say it's because I was never satisfied… — Clint Eastwood 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
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
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
This element of surprise or mystery - the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called - is of great importance… — E. M. Forster 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
“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
“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
“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
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 Copy Share Image
When I'm working on a serious and solid book ... I read about a detective novel a day. It's the best legal… — Mary Lee Settle 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
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
What is interesting, as well, is how much power homicide detectives have and how much respect. They are kind of rock stars,… — Theo James Copy Share Image
All science, even the divine science, is a sublime detective story. Only it is not set to detect why a man is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I should prefer that you do not mention my name at all in connection with this case, as I choose to be… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
There's a structure to a detective story that I can easily understand. I understand playing that particular game. It's like solving a… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
Well, when you have an opportunity to build a show around one of the greatest detectives in all of literature, you're going… — Nina Tassler Copy Share Image
make no mistake about it, the detective-story is part of the literature of escape, and not of expression. — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
We could certainly use a detective. And I've got to hand it to you, Nancy - you sure can keep your head. — Carolyn Keene Copy Share Image
I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
They wouldn't tell Scipio how much of the counterfeit cash was left since, as Riccio put it, 'You're a detective now, after… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
Marshall Jevons is the pioneer for integrating economics and detective fiction, and The Mystery of the Invisible Hand is another fine effort… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
They say that the average lifespan of an SVU detective is 4 years. People can't do it longer than that because it's… — Mariska Hargitay Copy Share Image
There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you're going to make a living … — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
It is dangerous to engage in even the most innocuous-seeming discourse with the FBI/ Homeland Security/ a local detective. — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
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