But I know human nature, my friend, and I tell you that, suddenly confronted with the possibility of being tried for murder, the most innocent person will lose his head and do the most absurd things.

An appreciative listener is always stimulating.

The supernatural is only the natural of which the laws are not yet understood.

lawyers never go to law, do they? They know better.

It is odd how, when you have a secret belief of your own which you do not wish to acknowledge, the voicing of it by someone else will rouse you to a fury of denial.

I can't imagine why everybody is always so keen for authors to talk about writing. I should have thought it was an author's business to write, not talk.

Prisoners at the bar, have you anything to say in your defence?