115 Detective Quotes for You to Enjoy

I've always had a great fondness for English detective fiction such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers. Kazuo Ishiguro

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You need a crime, a detective, and the solution. Kerry Greenwood

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Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them. Kerry Greenwood

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Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we were doing. Kevin Eubanks

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I never have liked detective dramas. I try to watch all of them to see what's going on, but I don't like them. Kevin Whately

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I think the first thing is don't give up. If you love the craft. If you love being a detective and discovering who a character is and the detail of how they walk and what kind of shoes they wear and what did they do yesterday and what's important to them. I definitely advise actors to learn about the craft. Lin Shaye

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I've written a detective series myself, set in an imaginary, and slightly futuristic, Chinese city. The novels have an extremely tenuous relationship with the real world, since the hero is the city's Hell and ends up with a sidekick who is a demon. Liz Williams

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A lot of writers dream of feature films, but television - by way of TNT, CBS, Lifetime, and Hallmark Hall of Fame - has always called my name. And after seeing 'True Detective,' can there be any doubt that the storytelling on TV is as genius as it gets? Luanne Rice

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I believe that if writers want their readers to care about a character, they have to care themselves. I have to root for a detective who screws up as much as Thorne does, who shares my birthday, my North London stomping ground, and my love of country music, both alt and cheesy. Mark Billingham

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I used to audition for 'NYPD Blue' quite a bit, so I had this stock New York detective character that I would bring in for all their auditions. Mark Valley

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In a single lifetime, roughly from 1865 to 1930, one finds the pioneering and patterning works of modern fantasy, science fiction, children's literature and detective fiction, of modern adventure, mystery and romance. Michael Dirda

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I liked dark, urban stories like 'Peter Gunn,' which was a detective series on network TV when I was a little boy. I grew up in a farmtown in the Midwest where not much exciting happened. I liked the idea of lives lived at night and the shadowy characters who lived in that demi-monde. Michael Emerson

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The detective genre is not easy because you've got to get to a conclusion that is unexpected. Miranda Otto

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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

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If I write scripts that nobody likes, I don't think we'll be doing 'True Detective.' Nic Pizzolatto

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If there was one overarching theme to 'True Detective,' I would say it was that, as human beings, we are nothing but the stories we live and die by - so you'd better be careful what stories you tell yourself. Nic Pizzolatto

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In the summer of 2010, I had decided to get into film and TV writing, so I wrote scripts for six different ideas I had developed, and the pilot for 'True Detective' was one of them. Nic Pizzolatto

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