Rex Stout Detectives Quotations

To read of a detective's daring finesse or ingenious stratagem is a rare joy.

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

Of course the modern detective story puts off its best tricks till the last, but Doyle always put his best tricks first and that's why they're still the best ones.

Bosh. I find a rival - but no, I won't flatter myself that Tecumseh Fox would consider himself a rival of Dol Bonner - I find an eminent detective in your apartment, and that alone is enough, without adding that he is concealed in your bedroom while I am discussing my business with you...