Emotion Quote by Steven Moffat

That's what makes characters interesting. If Sherlock [Holmes] had started out being a straightforward man, we wouldn't be talking about him now. If he…

— Mark Gatiss

[Sherlock Holmes] has to understand the world. That's very much John's [Watson] influence on him. But like a lot of the friendships and relationships…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

Sherlock is a portrait of humanity - he takes nature's gift of thought and runs with it, bringing along all the human struggles, fears,…

— Kyle Hill

Sherlock Holmes can be wise and funny. He wasn't, at the beginning. But later on, he's got a bantering relationship with loads of people.…

— Steven Moffat

[Sherlock Holmes] has moved from being someone who was sociopathic, work-obsessed and slightly amoral, into being someone who has a certain degree of a…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

“I abhour the dull routine of existence" - Sherlock Holmes”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

If people ask, 'Are you Sherlock Holmes?', it's horribly naff, but I say, 'I'm not, I just look a bit like him' - which…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

Holmes has become the dark side of the moon for me. He is moody and solitary and underneath I am really sociable and gregarious.…

— Jeremy Brett

“Madam, there is no treachery in the truth. There may be pain, but to face honestly all possible conclusions formed by a set of…

— Laurie R. King

For me, there are two different things that make Sherlock Sherlock. One is, you know, within the books: obviously he's a genius with an…

— Jonny Lee Miller

The provocation with Holmes is the fact that he's described by Doyle as a man without a heart - all brain... and that's very…

— Jeremy Brett

“Holmes had returned entirely to his old self – secretive, over-confident and thoroughly annoying.”

— Anthony Horowitz