Some quotations I took from Columbo, to try to gain some insight into his methods: "I like to get that background information very precise if I can." "You kno

Some quotations I took from Columbo, to try to gain some insight into his methods: "I like to get that background information very precise if I can." "You know what it's like; you get hold of half of something, and you can't get a hold of the other half." "Tell me about these movie stars. What do they do? They drink a lot?" (great open-ended question) "Do you think you could just talk about the suture, sort of describe it in so many words?" "It's just one of those things that gets into my head and keeps rolling around in there like a marble." "There is something else sir, but I don't know where all that leads to just yet...I'll just wander around sir. Thank you very much." "When people do something for the first time, detectives always want to know why."