Who are you? You don't belong to the police?' 'I am better than the police,' said Poirot. He said it without conscious arrogance. It was, to him, a simple statement of fact.

The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.

What I feel is that if one has got to have a murder actually happening in one's house, one might as well enjoy it, if you know what I mean.

It is the brain, the little gray cells on which one must rely. One must seek the truth within--not without." ~ Poirot

One of us in this very room is in fact the murderer.

An appreciative listener is always stimulating.

It is my experience that no one, in the course of conversation, can fail to give themselves away sooner or later. Everyone has an irresistible urge to talk about themselves.