Detective Quotes
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What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.
P. D. James -
This idea that you can watch a show like 'True Detective,' and it was awesome, but is it really ruined for you if the finale is not your favorite episode of it? It's just odd to me.
Carlton Cuse
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The thing I don't like about detective stories is looking for criminals.
Natsuo Kirino -
Cinematic icons of the police detective are more male role models than female.
Frances McDormand -
I read a lot of detective novels.
Caitlin Kittredge -
The problem facing a comprehender is analogous to the problem that a detective faces when trying to solve a crime. In both cases there is a set of clues.
David Rumelhart -
I was disappointed, but I kind of knew it was going to be an uphill struggle because of how strong the first season [of "True Detective"] was.
Colin Farrell -
You just sit down at the typewriter and follow the character around. It’s like being a detective. You write page after page after page just finding out who they are. You wait for them to do something interesting.
Brian Morton
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The level of backlash [for the True Detective] was kind of fascinating and not fully shocking because I know what the world of the internet is and how it's a platform to project their greatest anger and frustrations. But it's also a place where people can wax lyrical and be effusive in their glowing fondness of something.
Colin Farrell -
No detective ever solved a mystery without the help of a hot jam doughnut.
Andy Griffiths -
I enjoy doing the research of nonfiction; that gives me some pleasure, being a detective again.
Joseph Wambaugh -
We could certainly use a detective. And I've got to hand it to you, Nancy - you sure can keep your head.
Carolyn Keene -
It was clear that in a past life the detective had been a phone booth beside an empty highway.
Amelia Gray -
Chuckling to herself, Nancy said aloud, "Romance and detective work won't mix tonight!"
Carolyn Keene
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Scotland Yard isn't called in nearly as often as detective novelists seem to think.
Edmund Crispin -
The police department is a vast organization, and a detective is only an organization man.
Ed McBain -
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 -
I love the Swedish people for their detective novels, their archipelago, their sense of humor, their carbonated vodka, and most especially, for their wonderful hospitality.
Michael Levitt -
A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five times a week.
Ed McBain -
I love the French detective series 'Spiral.' It's quite brutal to watch, but I'm already hooked.
Robert Winston
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I never once regretted doing "True Detective".
Colin Farrell -
Writing detective stories is about writing light literature, for entertainment. It isn't primarily a question of writing propaganda or classical literature.
Stieg Larsson -
Yes, Manda. You’re becoming a good detective.
Carolyn Keene -
I like the idea of playing a historical detective.
Eva Mendes