#detect

What description of clouds and sunsets was to the old novelist, description of scientific apparatus and methods is to the modern Scientific Detective writer. ↗

— Hugo Gernsback

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I saw part of The Singing Detective on TV in New York. I said, Something is going on here. ↗

— Alain Resnais

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Personally I had the opportunity to go on several ride alongs with the LA County Sheriff's Department with some amazing detectives, who were invaluable to me. ↗

— Nancy McKeon

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Yes, and many times it's frustrating, because I'm simply part of the show, and I'm not in the creative end of it, who goes out with detectives and tries to find these things out. ↗

— Robert Stack

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A really good detective never gets married. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

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I shouldn't be saying this - high treason, really - but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren't fooled by our accent into detecting brilliance that may not really be there. ↗

— Stephen Fry

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

— Rex Stout

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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. ↗

— Steig Larsson

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The thought of playing a New York detective scared the hell out of me. I didn't know if people would believe me in the role just because of my physicality, which made me want to do it even more. ↗

— Charlotte Ross

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The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure. ↗

— Ross MacDonald

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