Patrick Modiano Quotes

Occasionally, I have written about stories related to crime, but I have never attempted a traditional detective story. So I want to write a true detective story.

The great thing about detective stories, in particular, the case can always be interesting as well as the characters.

While 'Visitation Street' has the markings of a traditional whodunnit mystery - starting with a missing girl, intrigue and many suspicious characters - Pochoda shows her hand early on by fingering a culprit. The book turns, then, into a 'whydunnit.'

I often keep my eyes open for bodies. I do. Ever since I was a kid. I think I read too many 'Nancy Drew' books.

I read a lot of 'Nancy Drew' books as a kid and considered myself a bit of an amateur detective.

I play a detective, very close to myself actually.

Crime fiction is a way of satisfying that nosy need to know.

I know nothing about mysteries. I don't take to them.

When I was younger, I watched all the detective shows.

I've always wanted to play a detective. Always loved detective shows, right back to 'Columbo', 'The Rockford Files', 'Starsky & Hutch'.

'Unforgotten' was a bit of a no-brainer. I'm a big fan of crime dramas, but often the 'investigation' part goes much too smoothly - and you don't get that with this.

I developed 'Trapped' because I was fascinated with the idea of a terrible crime in a small town cut off from the rest of the world.

Murder mysteries are puzzles that are fun to resolve.

I have to know the killer, the victim and the motive when I begin. Then I start to create the characters and see how the novel takes shape based on what these people are like.

People just like a good crime story; they want to know who did it.

I always look for good stories and good characters, and if they're placed in a whodunit, then I'm interested.

Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades.

I'm sure they're investigating everyone who was in the area.

I do believe that even if you're the most clever person around and you figure out the 'whodunit' and you're not surprised - that shouldn't prevent you from enjoying the story.

I was the weirdest kid: I wanted to see the police file - in grade school! I was convinced I could crack the case if I just had that file.

The old detective story that's got a really complicated motive doesn't apply to mine.

You know the thing that interests me about 'Unsolved Mysteries?' It's because there are people out there, people who know something, who may have the one final clue.

I never have liked detective dramas. I try to watch all of them to see what's going on, but I don't like them.

'Solomon Creed' is a man who knows everything about everything but nothing about himself and is on a journey of redemption to try and reclaim his identity.

I've always felt if you followed a real private detective around, it would be boring.