Quotes about Detective Stories

Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. Votes: 2

The thing I don't like about detective stories is looking for criminals. Votes: 2

I didn't know I was doing film noir, I thought they were detective stories with low lighting! Votes: 2

Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories. Votes: 2

As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game. Votes: 2

I don't feel that I wanted to spend my whole writing life - which is my life - writing detective stories. Votes: 2

Writing detective stories is about writing light literature, for entertainment. It isn't primarily a question of writing propaganda or classical literature. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

Detective stories are the art-for-art's sake of yawning Philistinism. Votes: 0

Detective stories have nothing to do with works of art. Votes: 0

I would like it to be said that I was a good writer of detective and thriller stories. Votes: 0

You have a tendency, Hastings, to prefer the least likely. That, no doubt, is from reading too many detective stories. Votes: 0

Writing detective stories is about writing light literature, for entertainment. It isn't primarily a question of writing propaganda or classical literature. Votes: 0

Listen, darling, tomorrow I'll buy you a whole lot of detective stories, but don't worry your pretty little head over mysteries tonight. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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." Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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]. Votes: 0

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") Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0