Richard Belzer Quotes

I think one or two of the later Holmes stories are among the best.

I'd love to do a Columbo-type detective character in a series.

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.

I always had a soft spot for Sherlock Holmes and used to imagine helping him out.

I can still remember. I was ill, and I was seven, and my father didn't want me to just read children's books. He came with Conan Doyle. I tried, and I liked it. I think the first I read was 'The Sign of the Four'; 'Study in Scarlet' was the next one. Then I guess I stayed home a few extra days from school to read.

There would be no Sherlock Holmes if it were not for serial publication.

I loved Sherlock Holmes as a kid, but I remember being disappointed when he'd come up with these simple explanations for these complex mysteries.

I wrote 'Knots and Crosses,' the first of the Rebus books, not even realising that I was writing crime fiction.

I'm reading today because of 'Encyclopedia Brown.'

I will live in TV Land watching 'Columbo.' I also like my 'Forensic Files,' all of that true crime.

I think there's part of me that's longing to play a Sherlock Holmes or sort of a House character, like a real detective. Like a real, moody detective. Like a real, sarcastic, mentally ill detective. I think it would be really fun to do something like that.

I think that I had better go, Holmes." "Not a bit, doctor. Stay where you are. I am lost without my Boswell.

I love Sherlock Holmes. I've got all his books, leather-bound. What I thought was great about Sherlock Holmes was that not only was he a supersleuth, he was also a hard worker. Not only did he go out and solve the crimes, he came home and wrote it all down. Fantastic. That's why I admire him.

Reading my way all the way through Sherlock Holmes gave me a lifelong love for crime and detective fiction.

Prescription: 'Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. Take ten pages, twice a day, til end of course.

The first thing that put me on the map was my Sherlock Holmes novel.

More than 100 years after he first appeared, Holmes remains the template for the fictional detective.

Most crime fiction plots are not ambitious enough for me. I want something really labyrinthine with clues and puzzles that will reward careful attention.

I read all the Agatha Christies when I was younger and like Sherlock Holmes. Crime fiction has always fascinated me, but I'll read anything anyone gives me.

I love Sherlock Holmes. There's still an awful lot to steal from Conan Doyle. But within a tradition you can work in many different ways.

My whole reputation and creative thought as a novelist is really wrapped around Harry Bosch, so he's near and dear.

I had always been a huge Sherlock Holmes fan.

I love crime series.

I'm really into the detective drama genre.

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.