Detective Quote by Matt Duffer

When I was a kid, what captivated me about detective fiction were the puzzles more than the detectives or their enemies. And as I've…

— Mark Waid

'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

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

My manager sent me the first two scripts for 'True Detective,' and I just thought they were so interesting and that the world they…

— Cary Fukunaga

Of course the modern detective story puts off its best tricks till the last, but Doyle always put his best tricks first and that's…

— Rex Stout

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

I never once regretted doing "True Detective".

— Colin Farrell

I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but…

— Anonymous

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

— Shane Black

I knew 'True Detective' wasn't something I could allow anyone else to develop. But by the time HBO expressed an interest, I still had…

— Nic Pizzolatto

The detective story is the normal recreation of noble minds.

— Philip Guedalla

'Police Story' had some of the best writing on television, and one reason for that is because most of the scripts were based on…

— Michael Mann