"The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no respect for their elders, no sense of responsibility. And they are so rude!"

"Very few of us are what we seem."

"One must accept the fact that we have only one companion in this world, a companion who accompanies us from the cradle to the grave - our own self. Get on good terms with that companion - learn to liv…"

"I’ve always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worry and only half the royalties."

"I have always been a great admirer of Hercule Poirot."