An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

If I were at any time to set out on a career of deceit, it would be of Miss Marple that I should be afraid.

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.

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.

... evil was, perhaps, necessarily always more impressive than good.

Never do anything yourself that others can do for you.

Women observe subconsciously a thousand little details, without knowing they are doing so. Their subconscious mind adds these little things together - and they call the result intuition.