Agatha Christie — "I like to be busy. I like to be doing things."

"I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming that comes when you finish the life of the emotions and of personal relations; and suddenly find — at the age of fifty, say — that a whole new life has opene…"

"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’ve always thought that people who are frightened to show their feelings are inclined to be a bit ruthless."

"Very few of us are what we seem."

"I don't think I'm a genius. I just think I'm very good at what I do."