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Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.

The demons you have are what motivate you to make your art. This is what drives the detective, this is what drives the painter, this is what drives the writer: a conflicting urge to forget pain and at the same time remember it and fight for some kind of justice. I know these powerful things are inside of me and everyone in some way or another. Tom Reiss

Your, Some, Another

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story. Agatha Christie

New, Ridiculous, Itself

Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective. John Buchan

Bottom, His, Believes

When I was a kid, what captivated me about detective fiction were the puzzles more than the detectives or their enemies. And as I've gotten older, I see a lot of merit in setting your investigative sights higher than figuring out how someone stole Encyclopedia Brown's bicycle. Mark Waid

Bicycle, Sights, Gotten

When I was growing up, I dreamed about becoming a cowgirl, a detective, a spy, a great actress, or a ballerina. Not a dentist, like my father, or a homemaker, like my mother - and certainly not a writer, although I always loved to read. Judy Blume

Father, Becoming, Ballerina

Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories. Jeffery Deaver

Stories, Certainly, Featured

If your neighbors think you're a detective because a cop always brings you home, you might be a redneck. Jeff Foxworthy

Think, Redneck, Always

For everything bad, there's a million really exciting things, whether it's someone puts out a really great book, there's a new movie, there's a new detective, the sky is unbelievably golden, or you have the best cup of coffee you ever had in your life. Patti Smith

Book, Bad, Movie

My biggest dream and my biggest accomplishment was to be on HBO and 'True Detective.' It was a show that I just fell in love with. Adria Arjona

Love, Show, Biggest Dream

When I was growing up, my stepmother's sister was the chief detective in one of the adjoining towns, so she piqued my interest in crime. Karin Slaughter

Growing, Stepmother, Chief

I've developed this love of trashy Russian literature. There's a women's detective series that I was obsessed with for a while, written by Aleksandra Marinina, the former chief of police. Elif Batuman

Love, Obsessed, Russian

What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order. P. D. James

About, Detective Story

To be a good researcher is to be a good detective, and I enjoy ferreting out tidbits of information. For a diary book like 'A Coal Miner's Bride,' newspapers come in handy for small everyday details such as weather reports. Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Bride, Small, Reports

With any project I work on - not just 'True Detective' - I don't feel the need just to play a strong woman. I don't want the audience to say, 'Oh, she was so strong.' I want to play characters that are flawed and interesting. Rachel McAdams

Woman, Strong, Play

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

Crime, Solution, Need

A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five times a week. Evan Hunter

Death, Week, Times

In detective land, you have to deal with a lot of intense emotions, so you yourself have to remain mostly unemotional and detached. These are people, like law enforcement and surgeons, in professions that don't have the luxury of being able to be emotional or to break down. In my line of work, it's almost a requirement. Juliette Lewis

Deal, Almost, Mostly

I play a detective, very close to myself actually. Jon Voight

Play, Very, Actually

A pulp story without a detective and, obviously, somebody for him to do battle with is unthinkable, and I can't remember reading a pulp story that didn't have a dame - either a good girl or a bad girl. Otto Penzler

Reading, Bad, Bad Girl

When wearing a trench coat, you're allowed to act like Humphrey Bogart when he was detective Sam Spade. Roger Stone

Like, Trench, Allowed

A really good detective never gets married. Raymond Chandler

Good, Never, Gets

I try to keep each different book different from the last. So 'Sag Harbor' is very different from 'Apex Hides the Hurt;' 'The Intuitionist,' which is kind of a detective novel, is very different from 'John Henry Days.' I'm just trying to keep things rich for me creatively and for the readers who follow me. Colson Whitehead

Book, Harbor, Very

As I work, I see my writing - each scene, each chapter, each section, each book - in three-act structures and classic myths, and I analyze them through the handy filter of the detective story. Nick Harkaway

Work, Chapter, Through

Anyone who has ever tried to plot a detective mystery knows that the hardest thing to come up with is motive. Elif Batuman

The Hardest Thing, Come

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

Unexpected, Conclusion, Get

Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. Arthur C. Clarke

Stories, Westerns, Read

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