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

There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger.

I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming that comes when you finish the life of the emotions and of personal relations; and suddenly find - at the age of fifty, say - that a whole new life has opened before you, filled with things you can think about, study, or read about...It is as if a fresh sap of ideas and thoughts was rising in you.

If you are to be Hercule Poirot, you must think of everything.

Writers are diffident creatures -- they need encouragement.

Everything has got its right size. When it is its right size and well run it's the tops.

An appreciative listener is always stimulating.