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.
I love the French detective series 'Spiral.' It's quite brutal to watch, but I'm already hooked.
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My first two novels were quirky detective stories followed by a couple of SF/Fantasy novels.
Crime Quotes
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.
I particular enjoy the crime writer, Walter Ellis Mosley. He does a series of Chandler-esque detective stories.
I've always had a great fondness for English detective fiction such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers.
Detective Stories Quotes
My position is that of detective, confessor, vaudevillian, advocate. And devil's advocate.
What description of clouds and sunsets was to the old novelist, description of scientific apparatus and methods is to the modern Scientific Detective writer.
Detective Story Quotes
I read a lot of 'Nancy Drew' books as a kid and considered myself a bit of an amateur detective.
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One actor also recalls playing a detective's brother across two television shows before landing a lead role. For more structured mystery content, see Detective Stories alongside this page.
