Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DLwas an Irish-Scots writer and physician, most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and writing stories about him which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth22 May 1859
CityEdinburgh, Scotland
Arthur Conan Doyle quotes about
common logic crime
Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.
track literature crime
The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.
home crime difficult
The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult it is to bring it home.
actors crime stage
The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when [Holmes] became a specialist in crime.
crime professors mathematical
Ex-Professor Moriarty of mathematical celebrity... is the Napoleon of crime, Watson.
crime bigger obvious
The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime, the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive.
mistake writing what-matters
It has always seemed to me that so long as you produce your dramatic effect, accuracy of detail matters little. I have never striven for it and I have made some bad mistakes in consequence. What matter if I hold my readers?
inspirational life god
The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.
eliminate matter whatever
Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.
blood devil agents
The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?
research sociopath psychopath
I'm not a psychopath, I'm a fully functioning sociopath. Do your research.
mind answers
Everything I have to say has already crossed your mind." "Then possibly my answer has crossed yours.
imagination mystery horror
There is a mystery about this which stimulates the imagination; where there is no imagination there is no horror.
mind ruins noble
Of all ruins, that of a noble mind is the most deplorable.