Detective Quotes
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What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.
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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.
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The thing I don't like about detective stories is looking for criminals.
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Cinematic icons of the police detective are more male role models than female.
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I read a lot of detective novels.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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No detective ever solved a mystery without the help of a hot jam doughnut.
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I enjoy doing the research of nonfiction; that gives me some pleasure, being a detective again.
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Scotland Yard isn't called in nearly as often as detective novelists seem to think.
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We could certainly use a detective. And I've got to hand it to you, Nancy - you sure can keep your head.
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It was clear that in a past life the detective had been a phone booth beside an empty highway.
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The best crime novels are not about how a detective works on a case; they are about how a case works on a detective.
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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.
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Chuckling to herself, Nancy said aloud, "Romance and detective work won't mix tonight!"
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A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five times a week.
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The police department is a vast organization, and a detective is only an organization man.
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I love the French detective series 'Spiral.' It's quite brutal to watch, but I'm already hooked.
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I never once regretted doing "True Detective".
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Writing detective stories is about writing light literature, for entertainment. It isn't primarily a question of writing propaganda or classical literature.
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Yes, Manda. You’re becoming a good detective.
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I like the idea of playing a historical detective.
