Detective Quote by Sophie Kinsella

I've actually published two compilations, if only barely. Hire a private detective and possibly you'll be able to locate them. One was called 'Violent…

— Stephen Hunter

I wish we could go back to the time when the private lives of our public figures were relevant only if they directly affected…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

Perhaps the greatest challenge has been trying to keep my time to myself and my private life private in order to do my job.…

— Sandra Cisneros

I am a private detective. I am paid to be inquisitive and presumptuous.

— Douglas Adams

“You're a cop aren't you? A private detective. Isn't that the same thing? The cops guarantee order. All I do is uncover disorder.”

— Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.

— Finn Jones

“No private detective looks like a private detective. That's one of the first rules of private detection." "But if no private detective looks like…

— Douglas Adams

Sue Grafton's 'A Is for Alibi', the 1982 novel that introduced the world to private detective Kinsey Millhone, wasn't seen as the pioneering achievement…

— Sarah Weinman

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

— Errol Morris

The private detective of fiction is a fantastic creation who acts and speaks like a real man. He can be completely realistic in every…

— Raymond Chandler

“The private detective of fiction is a fantastic creation who acts and speaks like a real man. He can be completely realistic in every…

— Raymond Chandler

I've always felt if you followed a real private detective around, it would be boring.

— Powers Boothe