Coffee in England always tastes like a chemistry experiment.

I always take abroad with me one really good soft pillow--to me it makes all the difference between comfort and misery.

There is no greater mistake in life than seeing things or hearing them at the wrong time.

I'm not often bored,' I assured her. "Life's not long enough for that.

I have wanted . . . to commit a murder myself. I recognized this as the desire of the artist to express himself! . . . But-incongruous as it may seem to some-I was restrained and hampered by my innate sense of justice. The innocent must not suffer.

People who can be very good can be very bad too.

An appreciative listener is always stimulating.