“A single tune danced through his mind and all his attention rested upon it. It was a tune that seethed through the magical flood, shaped it, formed it, lived through it hugely, lived through it minutely, was its very essence. It bounced and trilled along, at first a little tripping tune, then it slowed, then it danced again but with more difficulty, seemed to founder in eddies of doubt and confusion, and then suddenly revealed that the eddies were just the first ripples of a huge new wave of energy surging up joyfully from underneath.” MusicTuneDouglas AdamsDirk Gently Book:Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Source: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
“You have carjacking back in old England?” “Carjacking?” “People walk up to you, steal your car.” “No, but thanks for asking. We have people who clean your windscreen against your will, but, er...” Joe barked with contempt. “The thing is,” explained Dirk, “in London you could certainly walk up to someone and steal their car, but you wouldn't be able to drive it away.” “Some kinda fancy device?” “No, just traffic,” said Dirk.” HumorEnglandTrafficDirk GentlyCarjacking Book:The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time Source: The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
“Dirk Gently has been a long passion (my career started with Douglas Adams and my stage adaptation of Dirk Gently) .” LongHas BeensPassionCareersStageAdaptationDirk Gently Author:Arvind Ethan David
“For better or worse, I've become the person the Adams Estate has entrusted to guide Dirk Gently into new mediums and to new audiences. I take that responsibility pretty seriously, which is, I'm guessing, where Ilias's comment about me being a "hands-on collaborator" (code for control freak) comment comes from.” PersonsHandsResponsibilityAudienceGuidesMediumsCodeCommentFreakEstatesGuessingCollaboratorsControl FreakDirk Gently Author:Arvind Ethan David
“There is more sexy-stuff a coming in this book, though.... This ain't your grandmother's Dirk Gently.” BookStuffSexyGrandmotherYour GrandmotherDirk Gently Author:Arvind Ethan David
“I read the script [of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency] and went, "I haven't read anything this good, in a long time." I thought it was absolutely brilliant. The dialogue is so sparkling, smart and witty. You also have these insane, crazy characters, like energy sucking vampires and holistic assassins. It's all completely weird.” LongCharacterEnergyCrazyHavensLong TimeSmartScriptsWittyBrilliantDialogueInsaneVampireAgencyDetectivesHolisticAssassinsSparklingDirk Gently Author:Samuel Barnett
“The whole nature of the show [ Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency] is that everything is connected, and everything is interconnected. You have all of these strands with all of these characters, and you watch the characters interact and you wonder, "What do they have to do with each other? How does any of this link?"” DoeWholeCharacterShowsWonderWatchesConnectedAgencyLinksDetectivesHolisticStrandsInterconnectedDirk Gently Author:Samuel Barnett
“One of the joys of this show [Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency] is that each of those characters could be starring in their own show. It's only as the show goes on that you realize how they interconnect. They're all moving towards one another inexorably, to meet at a certain point.” CharacterShowsMovingJoyCertainRealizingGoes OnAgencyDetectivesHolisticDirk Gently Author:Samuel Barnett
“Because I'm playing Dirk Gently [ in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency], I'm so fond of Dirk. I really see Dirk's vulnerability, and you get that, more and more. You'll start to see a little bit more of Dirk's backstory, why he behaves the way he does, and why he's doing what he's doing. I see a lot of his vulnerability, his sensitivity and his insecurity.” WayLittlesDoeBitsLittle BitBehaveVulnerabilityAgencyInsecuritySensitivityDetectivesHolisticDirk Gently Author:Samuel Barnett
“Dirk Gently [from Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency], needs a sidekick, as all good detectives do, and he gets this message from the universe that this guy, Todd Brotzman, played by Elijah Wood, is the guy to help him through this mystery. But of course, that doesn't really explain the breadth of it.” NeedsHelpingGuyUniverseCoursesMysteryMessagesWoodsAgencyThis GuyDetectivesHolisticBreadthElijahSidekicksDirk Gently Author:Samuel Barnett
“I think Dirk [Gently] thinks that he's a brilliant detective, but he's the worst detective, ever. He does have this particular skill, which I suppose you might call a really bad superpower because it's just not very helpful. He is able to sense the connections between things and he's nearly always right, but the problem is that he never knows what to do with any of those messages that he receives from the universe, so he just acts on things and gets himself into terrible trouble, all the time.” ThinkingKnowsDoeProblemMightAbleUniverseTroubleWorstParticularTerribleSkillsMessagesConnectionsBrilliantHelpfulDetectivesSuperpowerDirk Gently Author:Samuel Barnett
“The great irony to Dirk [Gently] is that he sees connections in everything, but the one thing he fails and struggles with most is connecting with other people.” PeopleStruggleFailingOne ThingConnectionsIronyConnectingDirk Gently Author:Samuel Barnett
“The great thing about the show [ Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency] is that there is so much more to be revealed. There are questions about what each of these characters actually know, and nothing is what it seems.” KnowsCharacterShowsSeemsGreat ThingsAgencyDetectivesHolisticDirk Gently Author:Samuel Barnett