My position is that of detective, confessor, vaudevillian, advocate. And devil’s advocate. – John McLaughlin
I think a lot of us responded intensely to ‘True Detective’ because it was so incredibly earnest. That’s what made it heartbreaking and involving. – Annalee Newitz
I played a homosexual bodyguard in ‘The Last Detective,’ and that was quite a pleasure to do something slightly different. I was a very camp bodyguard! – Dave Legeno
There certainly does seem a possibility that the detective story will come to an end, simply because the public will have learnt all the tricks. – Dorothy L. Sayers
It’s no secret – I love detective fiction. One of the reasons I love being in London is because I like to watch all the shows on TV. I watch them all. I like ‘Detective Frost.’ – Patti Smith
I read a lot of ‘Nancy Drew’ books as a kid and considered myself a bit of an amateur detective. – Chelsea Cain
More than 100 years after he first appeared, Holmes remains the template for the fictional detective. – Mark Billingham
I’ve always had a great fondness for English detective fiction such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers. – Kazuo Ishiguro
The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure. – Ross MacDonald
When wearing a trench coat, you’re allowed to act like Humphrey Bogart when he was detective Sam Spade. – Roger Stone
But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. – Peter Shaffer
I love the French detective series ‘Spiral.’ It’s quite brutal to watch, but I’m already hooked. – Robert Winston
Eventually I would like to touch all the genres. I would like to do some detective stories, and I want to do a Western. I would want to do humorous Westerns. – Sergio Aragones
