[Believers] have joy and comfort-that joy that angels cannot give, and devils cannot take. Christopher Fowler More Quotes by Christopher Fowler More Quotes From Christopher Fowler I have never met an author who did not read voraciously as a child. Christopher Fowler didneverwhochild When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle conceived Sherlock Holmes, why didn't he give the famous consulting detective a few more quirks: a wooden leg, say, and an Oedipus complex? Well, Holmes didn't need many physical tics or personality disorders; the very concept of a consulting detective was still fresh and original in 1887. Christopher Fowler freshsayneedpersonality The queen of crime, Agatha Christie, was always more concerned about the clockwork cleverness of the plot, never the investigator. Christopher Fowler queenneveralwayscrime Broadly speaking, there are two approaches to crime: the realistically detailed police procedural, usually grim and downbeat, and the more left-field, joyous theatre of ideas in which past masters once specialised. Knowing that I would never be able to handle the former, I set about reviving the latter. Christopher Fowler neverpolicepastideas
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