Detectives Quote by Agatha Christie

I think, in a lot of ways, if you really strip down some of the most compelling novels, in a lot of ways, they're…

— Laura van den Berg

The thing I don't like about detective stories is looking for criminals.

— Natsuo Kirino

“Have you ever felt, in the course of reading a detective novel, a guilty thrill of relief at having a character murdered before he…

— Jonathan Lethem

I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but…

— Anonymous

Detective stories keep alive a view of the world which ought to be true. Of course people read them for fun ... But underneath…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

If there was one overarching theme to 'True Detective,' I would say it was that, as human beings, we are nothing but the stories…

— Nic Pizzolatto

The detective genre is not easy because you've got to get to a conclusion that is unexpected.

— Miranda Otto

When I was a kid, what captivated me about detective fiction were the puzzles more than the detectives or their enemies. And as I've…

— Mark Waid

To be a good detective you must also think like a crook, an immoral, unethical or unlawful person

— Robert Kiyosaki

The great thing about detective stories, in particular, the case can always be interesting as well as the characters.

— Shane Black

Well, when you have an opportunity to build a show around one of the greatest detectives in all of literature, you're going to jump…

— Nina Tassler

Unless you are good at guessing, it is not much use being a detective.

— Agatha Christie