Conflict Quote by Lorne Greene Download Open image “A detective story is just the premise for conflict, as a Western is.” — Lorne Greene ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Conflict Detective Premise Story War
Writing detective stories is about writing light literature, for entertainment. It isn't primarily a question of writing propaganda or classical literature. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Detective stories keep alive a view of the world which ought to be true. Of course people read them for fun ... But underneath… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
The great thing about detective stories, in particular, the case can always be interesting as well as the characters. — Shane Black Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Detective stories are the art-for-art's sake of yawning Philistinism. — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
The thing I don't like about detective stories is looking for criminals. — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
'True Detective' is a densely layered work with resonant details and symbology and rich characterization under the guise of one of the forms of… — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
The detective story itself is in a dilemma. It is a vein which is in danger of being worked out, the demand is constant,… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
I think the detective story is by far the best upholder of the democratic doctrine in literature. I mean, there couldn't have been detective… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
Occasionally, I have written about stories related to crime, but I have never attempted a traditional detective story. So I want to write a… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
I think, in a lot of ways, if you really strip down some of the most compelling novels, in a lot of ways, they're… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
The Cartwrights happen to be a family that other families want to be like. — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
I think the hearing loss started with 'Bonanza.' Sometimes the director would put us in a box canyon and have us fire our guns.… — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
Ben Cartwright was patterned after my father, who never saw 'Bonanza.' In that sense, my father will live for a long time. — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
I left Canada in 1953 because I could find nothing very satisfying about delivering commercial pitches on camera. I felt the whole atmosphere of… — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
That's the joy of acting, to bring something to it. That's what makes acting exciting. Just saying lines is not terribly exciting. — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
When I was 16, I discovered wildlife. My father took me to a place called Algonquin Park in Northern Ontario - it has some 1,600 lakes. — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
I lived with my 'Bonanza' family for 14 years. On 'Battlestar,' we jumped right in and got to know each other later. That's just… — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
Getting old doesn't frighten me. But I've got to take care of myself. — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The U.S.-Mexican border es un herida abierta where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds. And before a scab forms it hemorrhages… — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
There is a conflict in the Middle East between two entities, and they're both right, each in their own way. — Reuven Rivlin Copy Share Image
I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
Africa, being the major target of colonial plunder, therefore becomes a major source of conflict. — Gerald Horne Copy Share Image
All drama is conflict. Without conflict, there is no action. Without action, there is no character. Without character, there is no story. And without… — Syd Field Copy Share Image
The irrepressible conflict propounded by abolitionism has produced now its legitimate fruits - disunion. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“These are all good things, I said. But no one knows where your country is or who you are. You don't have a familiar… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
I understand the formula that producers hire directors and directors are hired to direct and actors are hired to act. I don't have any… — Danny Trejo Copy Share Image
“While there is battle and hatred men have eyes for nothing save the fact that the enemy is the cause of all the troubles;… — Herbert Butterfield Copy Share Image
UN peacekeeping operations are now increasingly complex and multi-dimensional, going beyond monitoring a ceasefire to actually bringing failed States back to life, often after… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
