Makes you wonder what it was that he actually wanted to be remembered for It wasn't Sherlock; he was done with that. He wanted us to read his historical fiction but I can't imagine they would be very interesting, when compared with Sherlock.

That and his work within Spiritualism. Oh those fairy tales!

Despite his later leanings towards spiritualism, the psychic world, and such, I doubt he ever knew anything at all about the future... ; )

I imagine he would be befuddled and amused by it all, and secretly pleased. But he also would likely be at least partially irritated to see his more "serious" work ignored, as he referred to his other writings. Being a good author doesn't necessarily make you the best judge of your own material--best to let popular opinion sort out all of that.

Seeing how Sherlock Holmes is delineated in the books, it's clear Doyle was not in hatred of this character while creating it. Along with telling good detective stories, he has given much thought to this character too. If Watson was modelled after Doyle himself, then it would be safe to say he liked Holmes.

Dispassion matters, but IMHO, too much of it made the latter stories uninteresting

If I got a chance like Gulliver to call up and question whomever I like from among the dead, Doyle would be the one

Sherlock Holmes wrote:

"Do you ship Johnlock?"

OMG how could I miss that?
I just wanted to ask some now what seems banal questions like

'What's your real attitude towards Holmes?

Did you secretly admire him and were too pompouss to admit it just because the genre he appears in is 'less worthy' ? 

Are you pleased to find he's still popular as in your times?

Don't you feel sorry for him because of your unkind attitude towards him?

Do you still believe in Spiritualism?
............etc

But, If I wasn't reminded of your priceless question, and if I got the chance to interview Doyle, it would have been a thorough WASTE

I would die to see his expression......would he startle or smirk?

After rereading the stories in a new johnlock insight, I have found ample evidence to hope for a smirk. Wasn't he just covert because of the laws?

What if I got it wrong? You know he's an intimidating fellow.....

But nothing would prevent me to hug him and thank him for giving us Sherlock Holmes and John H Watson

Personally, I think he always had an idea that he would bring Holmes back from the dead, otherwise why would he "kill him off" in such vague circumstances with no witnesses?

Who would want to kill off a golden goose? He must have known that he might need him in future. Or was he just manipulative just to make Holmes more pupular and more in demand( still because of monitory considerations) while he could devote hs full attention to other better things for the time being? Otherwise instead of killing Holmes off, he could have just stopped writing about him.

Yeah. I'm really glad Moffat & Co aren't waiting 10 years before bringing Sherlock back.

@holmes23 - I like your questions anyway. They're very interesting and a lot more serious than mine, but you must ask him about Johnlock for sure! I like to think he'd smirk, but I'd be scared of him if he got angry, haha. There is so much Johnlock in the canon if you're looking for it!