Detectives Quotes

199 quotes by 150 authors

I think like a detective. — Laurell K. Hamilton
Yes. I did more research than I ever wanted to and saw some things I wish I didn't. I went on ride-alongs, spent time with… — Mariska Hargitay
I've always had a great fondness for English detective fiction such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers. — Kazuo Ishiguro
You're right on the money with that. We're all like detectives in life. There's something at the end of the trail that we're all looking… — David Lynch
I used to work as a private detective years and years ago. — Errol Morris
I know when I was here prosecuting homicides in the District of Columbia, one of the most effective units here was the cold case squad,… — Robert Mueller
Getting to do what I think was my fifth BBC drama with Nikki Amuka-Bird - we've done 'Shoot The Messenger,' 'Five Days,' 'The No. 1… — David Oyelowo
I never read detective novels. I started out in graduate school writing a more serious book. Right around that time I read 'The Day of… — James Patterson
There certainly does seem a possibility that the detective story will come to an end, simply because the public will have learnt all the tricks. — Dorothy L. Sayers
I chose 'No. 1 Ladies' Detective,' or I'll say it chose me, and it was an absolute blessing, for the experience of being in Africa… — Jill Scott
I had to wear a fat suit to play Mma Ramotswe in 'The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.' She's described as being like a small… — Jill Scott
It's no secret - I love detective fiction. One of the reasons I love being in London is because I like to watch all the… — Patti Smith
When I was young, I knew William Burroughs really well. And William's secret desire, which he never quite did, was to write a straightforward detective… — Patti Smith
I love the French detective series 'Spiral.' It's quite brutal to watch, but I'm already hooked. — Robert Winston
As a kid, I always wanted to be lots of things. I was a Walter Mitty type. I wanted to be in the French Foreign… — Jonathan Winters
As music migrates into our iPods, CD collections require less and less room, residing in our heads rather than resounding off the walls. The protracted… — James Wolcott
In the early nineties, I was a cub reporter on a city newspaper in Limerick, and assigned to the courthouse there. One day, an old… — Kevin Barry
Being a detective isn't all about torture and murder and monsters. Sometimes it gets truly unpleasant...The fate of the world may depend on whether or… — Derek Landy
It was about eleven o'clock in the morning, mid October, with the sun not shining and a look of hard wet rain in the clearness… — Raymond Chandler
My experience of life is that it is not divided up into genres; itâ€™s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know,… — Alan Moore

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