I made 'True Detective' like it was going to be the only thing I ever made for television. So put in everything… — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
I never have liked detective dramas. I try to watch all of them to see what's going on, but I don't like… — Kevin Whately Copy Share Image
In the summer of 2010, I was working on a version of 'True Detective' that I was thinking might be my next… — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
Well I think that the mind of a serial killer and the mind of the detectives represent the duality we face as… — Paul Guilfoyle Copy Share Image
She's so obnoxious. Like a whole Saturday night drunk tank full of obnoxious packed into one little body." Detective Cavuto — Christopher Moore 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
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 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 whole nature of the show [ Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency] is that everything is connected, and everything is interconnected. You… — Samuel Barnett Copy Share Image
What I warn you to remember is that I am a detective. Our relationship with truth is fundamental but cracked, refracting confusingly… — Tana French 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
“He was in conflict with himself. There was no enjoyment in the thought that he had escaped a great danger, and in… — Norbert Jacques Copy Share Image
Who am I that I should urge these missionaries to confess their sins in public, when, for all I know, they may… — Jonathan Goforth Copy Share Image
My father taught me to love detective fiction writers such as Raymond Chandler. When I decided to have a hard-boiled detective series… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
I'm convinced we all are voyeurs. It's part of the detective thing. We want to know secrets and we want to know… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
When I auditioned with Anthony Minghella (The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency), I loved the audition process, although I hated him for… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
When, and how, and at what stage of our development did spirituality and our strange notions of religion arise? the need for… — Vita Sackville-West 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
“ 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
Daytime television, you can tell who’s watching by the three kinds of commercials. Either it’s clinics for drying out drunks. Or it’s… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Any chance of getting something sweet to go with my coffee?” [Finn] asked in a hopeful voice. I arched an eyebrow at… — Jennifer Estep 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
A hand from Washington will be stretched out and placed upon every man’s business; the eye of the federal inspector will be… — Richard E. Byrd Copy Share Image
It was about eleven o'clock in the morning, mid October, with the sun not shining and a look of hard wet rain… — Raymond Chandler 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
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
I wanted to play a TV detective because it's a rite of passage; I wanted to experience every area of acting. I… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
Anything that has to do with noir and space, I'm gonna love. When you've got a noir-ish, pulpy detective in a science… — Thomas Jane 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
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
In detective stories . . . I alternately identify myself with the murderer and the huntsman-detective, but . . . there are… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Gonna rain like a cow pissin' on a flat rock" [drugstore clerk to detective Virgil Flowers] Dark of the Moon, p.7 — John Sandford 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
There is no detective in England equal to a spinster lady of uncertain age with plenty of time on her hands. — Agatha Christie 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 of writers as explorers, not necessarily as detectives. So there is certainly detecting that is going on - they're explorers. — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I loved Sherlock Holmes. I'm not interested in crimes. I'm interested in the mind of the detective… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
It means that no matter what you write, be it a biography, an autobiography, a detective novel, or a conversation on the… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
I don’t think I would ever want to be a writer of detective stories - but I would like to be a… — Mary Lavin Copy Share Image
Anything is easy to the man who sees… The open eye of the open mind--that has more to do with real detective… — Samuel Hopkins Adams Copy Share Image
![“The whole nature of the show [ Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency] is that everything is connected, and everything is interconnected. You have all of these strands with all of these characters, and you watch the characters interact and you wonder, "What do they have to do with each other? How…” quote by Samuel Barnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc4/samuel-barnett-15432_agency_the-whole-nature-of-the-show-dirk-gently_2848069.jpg)
![“One of the joys of this show [Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency] is that each of those characters could be starring in their own show. It's only as the show goes on that you realize how they interconnect. They're all moving towards one another inexorably, to meet at a certain point.” quote by Samuel Barnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/062/samuel-barnett-15432_agency_one-of-the-joys-of-this-show-dirk-gently_585917.jpg)
![“Any chance of getting something sweet to go with my coffee?” [Finn] asked in a hopeful voice. I arched an eyebrow at him. “You mean all those pieces of strawberry pie that you ate for lunch weren't enough?” “I’m a growing boy,” Finn said in a sincere tone. “I need my vitamins.” Bria snorted. “The…” quote by Jennifer Estep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ed/jennifer-estep-1609_boys_any-chance-of-getting-something-sweet-to_1229591.png)
![“A hand from Washington will be stretched out and placed upon every man’s business; the eye of the federal inspector will be in every man’s counting house… The law will of necessity have Indus[tr]ial features, it will provide penalties, it will create complicated machinery. Under it, men will be…” quote by Richard E. Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcf/richard-e-byrd-22453_army_a-hand-from-washington-will-be-stretched_2679224.jpg)
![“I also wonder why is it that so many of the movies and books that are detective stories are also the most aesthetically interesting? From Hollywood noirs to horror movies like The Shining [1980].” quote by Christopher Bollen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/christopher-bollen-9436_book_i-also-wonder-why-is-it-that-so-many-of_2589092.jpg)
![“Gonna rain like a cow pissin' on a flat rock" [drugstore clerk to detective Virgil Flowers] Dark of the Moon, p.7” quote by John Sandford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/887/john-sandford-5843_clerks_gonna-rain-like-a-cow-pissin-on-a-flat-r_12063.png)
