Mike Spencer > Quotes

“Upon returning home to his country club estate, still clad in panties, he was greeted by a small army of local police in squad cars who placed him under arrest.”
― Mike Spencer, Private Eye Confidential: Stories from a Real P.I.

“There’s too much stuffiness in the legal world. In photos, do members of the Supreme Court ever look healthy or like they are having fun? They look embalmed.”
― Mike Spencer, Private Eye Confidential: Stories from a Real P.I.

“I follow a mental checklist to determine whether I take a case from a private client, or any client really. Factor one? Let’s be honest: cash.”
― Mike Spencer, Private Eye Confidential: Stories from a Real P.I.

“Elrod, we have a problem. It looks like the car is either at Los Alamitos Army Airfield or at Disneyland.”
― Mike Spencer, Private Eye Confidential: Stories from a Real P.I.

“My biggest complaint about working as a private dick is the solitary lifestyle;”
― Mike Spencer, Private Eye Confidential: Stories from a Real P.I.

“Journalism also helped build my bullshit detector. The experience taught me that most people have an ax to grind and that most people withhold information.”
― Mike Spencer, Private Eye Confidential: Stories from a Real P.I.

“Khera threw a Nolan Ryan fastball with his cocktail glass, ricocheting off the assailant’s head.”
― Mike Spencer, Private Eye Confidential: Stories from a Real P.I.