- Nov 07, 2020
Detective Quotes
On solving crimes, playing detectives, and loving the genre's classics.
These quotes range from an actor's honest admission that they would make an appalling detective to genuine praise for classic writers like Agatha Christie. The genre connects naturally with Crime for readers who enjoy mystery themes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first two novels were quirky detective stories followed by a couple of SF/Fantasy novels.
- Detective Story
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- Nov 07, 2020
What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.
- Appalling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd be an absolutely appalling detective... Appalling.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
My character started off on 'Chicago P.D.' as the brother to Detective Jake Halstead, and then I also played on 'Chicago Fire.' So, I really worked on both shows before 'Chicago Med' even started.
- Detective Stories
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing I don't like about detective stories is looking for criminals.
- Ellis
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- Nov 07, 2020
I particular enjoy the crime writer, Walter Ellis Mosley. He does a series of Chandler-esque detective stories.
- Fiction
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always had a great fondness for English detective fiction such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers.
- Genre
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really into the detective drama genre.
- Devil
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- Nov 07, 2020
My position is that of detective, confessor, vaudevillian, advocate. And devil's advocate.
- Modern
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- Nov 07, 2020
What description of clouds and sunsets was to the old novelist, description of scientific apparatus and methods is to the modern Scientific Detective writer.
- Kid
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- Nov 07, 2020
I read a lot of 'Nancy Drew' books as a kid and considered myself a bit of an amateur detective.
- Novels
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- Nov 07, 2020