Brain Quote by Alexandra Daddario

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

I could imagine actually being a scientist or a detective, but not a detective who puts his hands into gory, bloody things. But more…

— Barbara Sukowa

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

— Agatha Christie

I came to believe that being a private detective was the work I was meant to do.

— Shirley Jackson

My father taught me to love detective fiction writers such as Raymond Chandler. When I decided to have a hard-boiled detective series I did…

— Sue Grafton

I don’t think I would ever want to be a writer of detective stories - but I would like to be a detective and…

— Mary Lavin

I have an aunt who was a detective in D.C. for over 25 years, and I always wondered how she was able to do…

— Simone Missick

I like the idea of playing a historical detective.

— Eva Mendes

I would like it to be said that I was a good writer of detective and thriller stories.

— Agatha Christie

I think I would have been a hopeless spy. I love telling stories and am almost entirely unable to keep a secret.

— Ben Macintyre

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

— Robert Kiyosaki

I used to work as a private detective years and years ago.

— Errol Morris