Books Quote by Anthony Boucher

I really wouldn't classify the books as mysteries. I prefer to say that they're adventures.

— Janet Evanovich

There is a mystery in all great writing and that mystery does not dissect out. It continues and is always valid.

— Ernest Hemingway

“I really enjoy mysteries, well-written fiction novels, historical novels, and the occasional vampire, wolf, human triangle as long as it's real”

— Michael Connelly

“The many mysteries boil down to three. There is the kind that can be solved: who planted the bomb? Will the travellers reach their…

— James Meek

“Every book is a mystery. And if you read all the books ever written, it's like you've read one giant mystery. And no matter…

— Sherman Alexie

If the book is a mystery to its author as she's writing, inevitably it's going to be a mystery to the reader as he…

— Nicole Krauss

Let us never accept the point of view that mysteries are written by hacks. The poorest of us shed our blood over every chapter.…

— Raymond Chandler

The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries.…

— Henry Miller

“Better to be honest and direct, even if it does piss off a few people. Jaffe, Stuart. Southern Bound - A Paranormal-Mystery (Max Porter…

— Stuart Jaffe

“The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective.”

— Natsume Soseki

There are two ways to approach the writing of a mystery novel: adhere to the rules, or break them with glee.

— Sarah Weinman

My husband asked me once why I read so many mysteries, and part of it is just intellectual, part of it is the joy…

— Diana Gabaldon