Quotes by Detectives I read two mysteries a day when I was a kid. All of Agatha Christie, all of 'Sherlock Holmes.' I've seen every single British detective show ever made. Maureen Johnson detectivestwokids The best crime novels are not about how a detective works on a case; they are about how a case works on a detective. Michael Connelly detective-workcrime-novelsdetectives I found out a few months after we started [True Detective] that I was pregnant. Michelle Monaghan detectivesmonthsfound Personally I had the opportunity to go on several ride alongs with the LA County Sheriff's Department with some amazing detectives, who were invaluable to me. Nancy McKeon detectivesgoes-onopportunity I made True Detective like it was going to be the only thing I ever made for television. So put in everything and the kitchen sink. Everything. Nic Pizzolatto kitchendetectivestelevision 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 at that opportunity. Nina Tassler detectivesliteratureopportunity I started out in life as a poet, I was only writing poetry all through my 20s, it wasn't until I was about 30 that I got serious about writing prose. While I was writing poems, I would often divert myself by reading detective novels, I liked them. Paul Auster detectivesreadingwriting The detective story is the normal recreation of noble minds. Philip Guedalla detectivesnormalmind [T]he historian and the detective have much in common. Ralph Davis detectivescommonhistory A really good detective never gets married. Raymond Chandler marrieddetectivespolice You can always tell a detective on TV. He never takes his hat off. Raymond Chandler hatsdetectivestvs Of course the modern detective story puts off its best tricks till the last, but Doyle always put his best tricks first and that's why they're still the best ones. Rex Stout detectiveslastsstories To read of a detective's daring finesse or ingenious stratagem is a rare joy. Rex Stout finessedetectivesjoy Bosh. I find a rival - but no, I won't flatter myself that Tecumseh Fox would consider himself a rival of Dol Bonner - I find an eminent detective in your apartment, and that alone is enough, without adding that he is concealed in your bedroom while I am discussing my business with you. Rex Stout rivalsdetectivesfoxes I'd love to do a Columbo-type detective character in a series. Robert Carlyle typedetectivescharacter To be a good detective you must also think like a crook, an immoral, unethical or unlawful person Robert Kiyosaki crooksdetectivesthinking I love the French detective series 'Spiral.' It's quite brutal to watch, but I'm already hooked. Robert Winston spiralsdetectiveswatches The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure. Ross Macdonald detectivesvibrationsrunning There simply must be a corpse in a detective novel, S. S. Van Dine corpsesdetectivesnovel The great thing about the show [ Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency] is that there is so much more to be revealed. There are questions about what each of these characters actually know, and nothing is what it seems. Samuel Barnett agencydetectivescharacter«12345»
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