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Detective Stories Quotes

I would like it to be said that I was a good writer of detective and thriller stories Picture Quote #1

You have a tendency, Hastings, to prefer the least likely. That, no doubt, is from reading too many detective stories Picture Quote #1

I don’t think I would ever want to be a writer of detective stories - but I would like to be a detective and there is a large deal of detection in the short story Picture Quote #1

His most characteristic detective stories end with the realization that no rational account of events is possible, and his suspense stories tend to close with terror not dissipated but omnipresent, like God.(Introduction) Picture Quote #1

There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you’re going to make a living Ã‚Â- cook books and detective stories Picture Quote #1

In detective stories . . . I alternately identify myself with the murderer and the huntsman-detective, but . . . there are those to which this vicarious outlet is too mild Picture Quote #1

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I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but they don’t describe anything in the society outside Picture Quote #1

I don’t feel that I wanted to spend my whole writing life - which is my life - writing detective stories Picture Quote #1

Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories Picture Quote #1

The thing I don’t like about detective stories is looking for criminals Picture Quote #1

If you look at the best-seller list for American fiction, they’re all sequels to detective stories or stories about hunting serial killers. That’s what’s called American fiction these days Picture Quote #1

I also wonder why is it that so many of the movies and books that are detective stories are also the most aesthetically interesting? From Hollywood noirs to horror movies like The Shining [1980] Picture Quote #1

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Detective stories have nothing to do with works of art Picture Quote #1

From what I've read of detective stories, inspectors always do want to drag the pond first Picture Quote #1

Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories Picture Quote #1

I didn’t know I was doing film noir, I thought they were detective stories with low lighting! Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories Picture Quote #1

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In the march up the heights of fame there comes a spot close to the summit in which man reads nothing but detective stories Picture Quote #1

Writing detective stories is about writing light literature, for entertainment. It isn’t primarily a question of writing propaganda or classical literature Picture Quote #1

There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you’re going to make a living? cook books and detective stories Picture Quote #1

I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but they don’t describe anything in the society outside Picture Quote #1

As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game Picture Quote #1

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I would like it to be said that I was a good writer of detective and thriller stories (Detective Stories Quotes) You have a tendency, Hastings, to prefer the least likely. That, no doubt, is from reading too many detective stories (Detective Stories Quotes) I don’t think I would ever want to be a writer of detective stories - but I would like to be a detective and there is a large deal of detection in the short story. (Detective Stories Quotes) His most characteristic detective stories end with the realization that no rational account of events is possible, and his suspense stories tend to close with terror not dissipated but omnipresent, like God.(Introduction) (Detective Stories Quotes) There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you’re going to make a living Ã‚Â- cook books and detective stories. (Detective Stories Quotes) In detective stories . . . I alternately identify myself with the murderer and the huntsman-detective, but . . . there are those to which this vicarious outlet is too mild. (Detective Stories Quotes) I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but they don’t describe anything in the society outside. (Detective Stories Quotes) I don’t feel that I wanted to spend my whole writing life - which is my life - writing detective stories. (Detective Stories Quotes) Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories. (Detective Stories Quotes) The thing I don’t like about detective stories is looking for criminals (Detective Stories Quotes) If you look at the best-seller list for American fiction, they’re all sequels to detective stories or stories about hunting serial killers. That’s what’s called American fiction these days (Detective Stories Quotes) I also wonder why is it that so many of the movies and books that are detective stories are also the most aesthetically interesting? From Hollywood noirs to horror movies like The Shining [1980] (Detective Stories Quotes) Detective stories have nothing to do with works of art (Detective Stories Quotes) From what I've read of detective stories, inspectors always do want to drag the pond first (Detective Stories Quotes) Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories (Detective Stories Quotes) I didn’t know I was doing film noir, I thought they were detective stories with low lighting! (Detective Stories Quotes) 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 (Detective Stories Quotes) Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories (Detective Stories Quotes) In the march up the heights of fame there comes a spot close to the summit in which man reads nothing but detective stories (Detective Stories Quotes) Writing detective stories is about writing light literature, for entertainment. It isn’t primarily a question of writing propaganda or classical literature (Detective Stories Quotes) There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you’re going to make a living? cook books and detective stories (Detective Stories Quotes) I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but they don’t describe anything in the society outside (Detective Stories Quotes) As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game (Detective Stories Quotes)