Detectives Quote by Walter Mosley

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

Writing detective stories is about writing light literature, for entertainment. It isn't primarily a question of writing propaganda or classical literature.

— Anonymous

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

I envy those writers who outline their novels, who know where they're going. But I find writing is a process of discovery.

— Jay McInerney

Literary critics make natural detectives.

— Anonymous

I wonder if these editors, why they're not writers sometimes, because they know so much about writing.

— Hampton Fancher

Well, when you have an opportunity to build a show around one of the greatest detectives in all of literature, you're going to jump…

— Nina Tassler

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

Writers are spies. Outsiders. Believers in the turning pages.

— Alexis De Veaux

Writing can be a bit like unfolding something...Slowly, the writer reveals what's happening. But that's only half of what's going on. Writers are very…

— Michael Rosen

Indeed, mysteries lead readers through an endless variety of subjects and settings; yet sometimes devotees of detection seek to be transported though another dimension…

— Sarah Weinman

I think writers are not only writers, they are also citizens.

— Chinua Achebe