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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

Some, Another, Your

As a kid, I always wanted to be lots of things. I was a Walter Mitty type. I wanted to be in the French Foreign Legion, a detective, a doctor, a test pilot with a scarf, a fisherman who hauled in a tremendous marlin after a 12-hour fight. Jonathan Winters

Scarf, Kid, Type

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

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

Becoming, Ballerina, Father

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, Biggest Dream, Show

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

Detective Story, About

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

Always, Think, Redneck

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

Certainly, Featured, Stories

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

Bad, Bad Girl, Reading

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

Sights, Gotten, Bicycle

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

His, Believes, Bottom

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, Mostly, Almost

It's rare for me to read any fiction. I almost only read nonfiction. I don't believe in guilty pleasures, I only believe in pleasures. People who call reading detective fiction or eating dessert a guilty pleasure make me want to puke. Ira Glass

Fiction, Almost, Believe

I enjoy setting the scene and coming up with interesting frames. 'True Detective' was a very hands-on set. Cary Fukunaga

Very, Set, Frames

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

Solution, Need, Crime

One of my favorite parts of being an actress is being a detective. Jessica Chastain

Actress, Parts, Being

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

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

Bad, Movie, Book

I never was that boy who loved gangster films, but when I was growing up, I was obsessed with the detective Dick Tracy. It was one of my favourite movies as a kid, and he really inspired me. I would have loved to be part of that golden age of Hollywood in the 1940s. It made me want to become an actor. Ryan Gosling

1940s, Hollywood, Kid

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

Chief, Stepmother, Growing

A lot of readers and a lot of editors had a story problem with Oracle, in that she made for such an easy, convenient story accelerator, that we missed the sense of having characters have to struggle to discover, to solve mysteries. Famously, it helped make Batman less of a detective and more of a monster hunter. Gail Simone

Had, Lot, Characters

People are fascinated by the darker sides of human nature, and I think they're also interested in seeing the ability that a particular detective or group of detectives might have to solve the crime and put the world right again. Thomas Gibson

Put, I Think, Fascinated

I am such a 'True Detective' fan. I was anticipating it each Sunday as it came. I'm kind of a sci-fi fan. I was really hooked on the 'Battlestar Galactica' series. I think I owned every box set of 'Battlestar Galactica.' I also really love 'Bob's Burgers.' Pedro Pascal

Love, I Think, Hooked

I think the process is one of using the camera and sound in the way a detective uses a magnifying glass: to find the clues. They're discovery devices, not performance devices - you're watching things the way a cat does. You're not judging. You're there to witness something. D. A. Pennebaker

I Think, Sound, Watching

As a biographer, I try to uncover the adventures and personalities behind each character I research. Once my character and I have reached an understanding, then I begin the detective work reading old books, old letters, old newspapers, and visiting the places where my subject lived. Often I turn up surprises, and of course, I pass them on. Jean Fritz

Behind, Visiting, Subject

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

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