Detectives Quote by E. M. Forster

This element of surprise or mystery - the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called - is of great importance in a…

— E. M. Forster

This element of surprise or mystery — the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called — is of great importance in a…

— E. M. Forster

I think there's something so attractive about mystery.

— Taylor Swift

I quite like the element of surprise, and as much as I have my ideas, I always appreciate ideas that come from other people…

— Sam Claflin

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

— Shane Black

Mystery is something that appeals to most everybody.

— Angela Lansbury

In a mystery, the sleuth must be believably involved and emotionally invested in solving the crime.

— Diane Mott Davidson

Anyone who has ever tried to plot a detective mystery knows that the hardest thing to come up with is motive.

— Elif Batuman

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

— Miranda Otto

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 solving of almost every crime mystery depends on something which seems, at first glance, to bear no relation whatever to the original crime.

— Elsa Barker

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.

— Julia Cameron