Being Quote by Erik Larson

Everything that anyone would ever look for is usually where they find it.

— Margaret Wise Brown

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

— Diane Mott Davidson

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

— Agatha Christie

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

— Natsuo Kirino

I think like a detective.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

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

— Shirley Jackson

There’s no such thing as being totally ‘found’…the fun, I think, is in the searching.

— Sarah Stillman

“Of course it's very hampering being a detective, when you don't know anything about detecting, and when nobody knows that you're doing detection, and…

— A.A. Milne

For much of my life there was no place where the things I wanted to investigate were of interest to anyone.

— Benoit Mandelbrot

I look for mystery and try to decipher it while knowing it is an impossible task. I look for memory, where Mystery lies.

— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

I'm quite investigative. Believe it or not, my mum and dad were in the police, and I sort of like to read into things…

— Kristian Nairn

I hate that people are trying to detective work into my past, it bothers me... But it's, whatever, I haven't got anything to hide.

— Angus Cloud