Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes

The world of 'Sherlock Holmes' and the world that we live in now is big enough to take more than one interpretation.

I had always been a huge Sherlock Holmes fan.

I always had a soft spot for Sherlock Holmes and used to imagine helping him out.

You know golf is very lonely. When I'm in the States, I feel like if I just think about Taiwan, my friends, my fans, I won't feel like I'm alone.

I really miss the Australian lifestyle and being around my friends and family.

[Sherlock Holmes] has moved from being someone who was sociopathic, work-obsessed and slightly amoral, into being someone who has a certain degree of a private life, which is very, very private, with The Woman, or Irene Adler.

[Sherlock Holmes] has to understand the world. That's very much John's [Watson] influence on him. But like a lot of the friendships and relationships in that world, it's born out of necessity. It makes him better. There's a pragmatism to it. It's not whimsical or sentimental. It's born out of necessity.

I never feel lonely if I've got a book - they're like old friends. Even if you're not reading them over and over again, you know they are there. And they're part of your history. They sort of tell a story about your journey through life.

There's something very strange about Sherlock Holmes, especially if you're an English schoolboy. When you read the stories, they stay with you forever.

Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene.

If there's a heaven upon the earth, a fellow knows it when He's been away from home a week, and then gets back again.

When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle conceived Sherlock Holmes, why didn't he give the famous consulting detective a few more quirks: a wooden leg, say, and an Oedipus complex? Well, Holmes didn't need many physical tics or personality disorders; the very concept of a consulting detective was still fresh and original in 1887.

More than 100 years after he first appeared, Holmes remains the template for the fictional detective.

We did a reunion when TV One first launched episodes of 'Living Single'. Every time any of the gang comes through Atlanta, though, we always visit.

And when I've been away from my family and friends, I have felt good hearing some of those old songs.

I can still remember. I was ill, and I was seven, and my father didn't want me to just read children's books. He came with Conan Doyle. I tried, and I liked it. I think the first I read was 'The Sign of the Four'; 'Study in Scarlet' was the next one. Then I guess I stayed home a few extra days from school to read.

There would be no Sherlock Holmes if it were not for serial publication.

It was hard to be away from home, but I am glad that I am home now.

To be with old friends is very warming and comforting.

I love Sherlock Holmes. There's still an awful lot to steal from Conan Doyle. But within a tradition you can work in many different ways.

To reminisce with my old friends, a chance to share some memories, and play our songs again.

'E.T.' was a healing movie; it was a heart movie. It was all about getting about getting home and love.

I loved Sherlock Holmes as a kid, but I remember being disappointed when he'd come up with these simple explanations for these complex mysteries.

I love going back on 'Arrow.' It's always fun to see friends when I go back there.

I'm still obsessed with the beach whenever I'm home; when I'm on the beach, it feels like home to me.