A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five times a week.
Literary critics make natural detectives.
The same organizational principles which called us forth into self-reflection have called forth self-reflection out of the planet itself. And the problem then is for us to suspect this, act on our suspicion, and be good detectives, and track down the spirit in its lair. And this is what shamans are doing. They are hunters of spirit.
I love the French detective series 'Spiral. ' It's quite brutal to watch, but I'm already hooked.
I have never read horror, nor do I consider The Exorcist to be such, but rather as a suspenseful supernatural detective story, or paranormal police procedural.
I went to get a detective story. You have to kill time. But time will kill me too - and there´s the true, preestablished balance.
There is little novelty in the detective who cannot solve himself.
I read two mysteries a day when I was a kid. All of Agatha Christie, all of 'Sherlock Holmes. ' I've seen every single British detective show ever made.
Mars and Venus are at it again. This time, Hephaestus is standing by with a private detective, a photographer, and a lawyer.
Personally, I like those mystery shows. Ever since I was a kid I've been crazy about blood and detectives and murder. Maybe I was born with a silver knife in my back.
Johannes Cabal would kill me for saying this, but he's my favorite Zeppelin-hopping detective. The fellow has got all the charm of Bond and the smarts of Holmes--without the pesky morality.
Yes. I did more research than I ever wanted to and saw some things I wish I didn't. I went on ride-alongs, spent time with Homicide, Cold Case, and SVU detectives, hung out in subways learning how to spot pervs and pick-pockets, viewed an autopsy, went to a police firing range, and witnessed court cases and I read, read, read.
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.
Read like a detective and write like a conscientious investigative reporter.
The great thing about the show [ Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency] is that there is so much more to be revealed. There are questions about what each of these characters actually know, and nothing is what it seems.
Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you get good at.
I've always noticed that Old Families, like plumbers and barbers and possibly drummers and detectives, seem to have some kind of reciprocity arrangement in the South. Members of the freemasonry could move anywhere. . . and still operate cozily in the local Old Family top drawer.
I love facts and figures. It's like following a detective story, piecing together what's going on in the economy.
This element of surprise or mystery the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called is of great importance in a plot.
I made True Detective like it was going to be the only thing I ever made for television. So put in everything and the kitchen sink. Everything.