Detectives – Quotes

I like the idea

I like the idea of playing a historical detective. Eva Mendes

All the plays that have ever been written, from ancient Greece to the present day, have never really been anything but thrillers… Drama’s always been realistic and there’s always been a detective about… Every play’s an investigation brought to a successful conclusion. Eugene Ionesco

I used to work

I used to work as a private detective years and years ago. Errol Morris

There is no reason

There is no reason why the profoundest thoughts should not make easy and exciting reading. A profound thought is an exciting thing as exciting as a detective’s deductions or hunches. The simpler the words in which a thought is expressed the more stimulating its effect. Eric Hoffer

The instant they say

The instant they say something you don’t expect or already know, you should drop into detective mode. Emmett Shear

I spent a lot

I spent a lot of time with a real detective, a lady detective inspector who was the only female detective inspector in the whole of East London. She and I hung out a lot. She showed me what she did and I spent time with her. So, [she was] a lot of the inspiration for … Read more

I think it\\’s important

I think it’s important to recognise that ‘The Da Vinci Code’ opened up a vast new audience for a general readership interested in historical detective stories and research into history. Elizabeth Kostova

The English tradition offers

The English tradition offers the great tapestry novel, where you have the emotional aspect of a detective’s personal life, the circumstances of the crime and, most important, the atmosphere of the English countryside that functions as another character. Elizabeth George

Become a creative thinking

Become a creative thinking detective! Ask probing questions. There is no such thing as a wasted question. Elaine Dundon

As the strong man

As the strong man exults in his physical ability, delighting in such exercises as call his muscles into action, so glories the analyst in that moral activity which disentangles. Edgar Allan Poe