I'm going to marry him. And if he thinks he can get divorced and married every two or three years in the approved Hollywood fashion, well, he never made a bigger mistake in his life. He's going to marry and stick to me.

One little Indian boy left all alone; He went and hanged himself and then there were none.

Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.

Writing is a great comfort to people like me, who are unsure of themselves and have trouble expressing themselves properly.

Exactly! It is absurd - improbable - it cannot be. So I myself have said. And yet, my friend, there it is! One cannot escape from the facts.

There is no detective in England equal to a spinster lady of uncertain age with plenty of time on her hands.

Many homicidal lunatics are very quiet, unassuming people. Delightful fellows.