Police Procedure Quotes

#1. My father taught me to love detective fiction writers such as Raymond Chandler. When I decided to have a hard-boiled detective series I did a lot of studying before I wrote the first book. I learned police procedure, the California criminal law, and many areas outside my expertise.

Sue Grafton

#2. History buffs expect historical background in historical fiction. Mystery readers expect forensics and police procedure in crime fiction. Westerns - gasp - describe the West. Techno-thriller readers expect to learn something about technology from their fiction.

Edward M. Lerner

#3. I'm not threatening you. I'm just informing you of police procedure. If you continue to obstruct me, I remove the obstruction, in this case you, and proceed to the next command.

Eoin Colfer

#4. My mom worked for Lockheed Corp. in Burbank as an inspector of airplane parts. To help make ends meet, Dee, a friend of my mom's from Lockheed, moved in. She was a lovely person and helped with our care for many years.

Rene Russo

#5. As we walk, I know without looking where Dare is. It's like I'm a planet and he's my axis ... or my sun. I feel his heat, I feel his presence, and I ache to lean into it, to fold into him, to absorb his strength.

Courtney Cole

#6. Their attention was focused on the strange kid who wore black eyeliner and dressed as if every day was a funeral.

Caroline Mitchell

#7. I think I'm still a little too intense for my own good sometimes.

Andrew Bird

#8. I read fashion magazines all the time. It's fun, but I don't take it very seriously.

Becki Newton

#9. I think that's an interesting point of being a songwriter, is to write songs that make people think.

Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi

#10. The American people say, 'Don't touch Social Security, don't touch Medicare, don't cut defense.' That's 84 percent of the federal budget.

Kent Conrad