Characterization Quote by 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

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

[True Detective] is an intense show, even in terms of the dialogue - there's a little rhythm to it, in particular in his monologues.…

— Michelle Monaghan

I'm really into the detective drama genre.

— Karla Crome

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

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

— Shane Black

What I warn you to remember is that I am a detective. Our relationship with truth is fundamental but cracked, refracting confusingly like fragmented…

— Tana French

The detective novel is the art-for-art's-sake of our yawning Philistinism, the classic example of a specialized form of art removed from contact with the…

— V. S. Pritchett

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 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

A show like 'True Detective' is definitely a drama.

— John Wells

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

— Miranda Otto