Always Quote by Simone Missick

I'm not a great student, so I don't know that I would have been a great detective. Part of my brain sort of works…

— Alexandra Daddario

I used to work as a private detective years and years ago.

— Errol Morris

I don’t think I would ever want to be a writer of detective stories - but I would like to be a detective and…

— Mary Lavin

My father taught me to love detective fiction writers such as Raymond Chandler. When I decided to have a hard-boiled detective series I did…

— Sue Grafton

I wanted to be a police detective. In my work, particularly in documentaries, I am obsessed with finding things out, seeking ever-new facts and…

— James Marsh

I was enamored of detectives as a teenager. I liked what they did - piecing things together, thinking about situations. But to get there?…

— Michael Connelly

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

— Agatha Christie

To be a good detective you must also think like a crook, an immoral, unethical or unlawful person

— Robert Kiyosaki

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

Everybody thinks detectives do nothing but ask questions.But detectives have souls the same as anyone else… You know, Mrs. Beragon, being a detective is…

— Ranald MacDougall

“Too often, the anthropologist takes on the role of police detective, discovering what is "hidden," assembling "evidence" to make a strong "case"... But sometimes…

— Liisa H. Malkki

When I was growing up, my stepmother's sister was the chief detective in one of the adjoining towns, so she piqued my interest in…

— Karin Slaughter