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
life writing careers
Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren.
inspirational life dog
Dogs don't make mistakes.
inspirational life important
It is, of course, a trifle, but there is nothing so important as trifles.
life men mind
Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.
links life-is chains
So all life is a great chain, the nature of which is known whenever we are shown a link of it.
life obvious-things world
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
life book numbers
It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.
hands life-is
Your life is not your own. Keep your hands off it.
life wisdom past
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.
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.
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.