agatha christie

“ Love can be a very frightening thing. That is why most great love stories are tragedies. ”

“ Ive always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worry and only half the royalties. ”

“ But no artist, I now realize, can be satisfied with art alone. There is a natural craving for recognition which cannot be gain-said. ”

“ Why shouldn't I hate her? She did the worst thing to me that anyone can do to anyone else. Let them believe that they're loved and wanted and then show them that it's all a sham. ”

“ I must behave rather as dogs do when they retire with a bone; they depart in a secretive manner and you do not see them again for an odd half hour. They return self-consciously with mud on their noses. I do much the same. ”

“ The right length for a detective story is fifty thousand words. I know it is considered by some publishers as too short. But if your book runs to more than that, I think you usually find that it would have been better if it had been shorter. ”

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

“ Liking is more important than loving. It lasts. I want what is between us to last, Luke. I don't want us just to love each other and marry and get tired of each other and then want to marry some one else. ”

“ I have always noticed that these artists and writers are very unbalanced. ”

“ The heart of a woman who loves will forgive many blows. ”