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
imagination mystery horror
There is a mystery about this which stimulates the imagination; where there is no imagination there is no horror.
imagination balance use
We balance probabilities and choose the most likely. It is the scientific use of the imagination.
men imagination black
If my future were black, it was better surely to face it like a man than to attempt to brighten it by mere will-o’-the-wisps of the imagination.
mother often-is imagination
It is, I admit, mere imagination; but how often is imagination the mother of truth?
imagination effort literature
For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.
halloween imagination scary
Where there is no imagination there is no horror.
eliminate matter whatever
Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.
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.
blood devil agents
The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?
common logic crime
Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.
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.
mind ruins noble
Of all ruins, that of a noble mind is the most deplorable.