I was born in Liverpool in England, and I lived there for the first nine years of my life.

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I think people nowadays do tend to blame their parents for everything.

I think people nowadays do tend to blame their parents for everything.

But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I...

But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I...

I really believe that studying organization, even in the form of studying detective story organization,...

I really believe that studying organization, even in the form of studying detective story organization,...

Librarians as a race tend to be tedious.

Librarians as a race tend to be tedious.

We... our war began September the 3rd 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Germany,...

We... our war began September the 3rd 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Germany,...

Everything we feel is made of Time. All the beauties of life are shaped by...

Everything we feel is made of Time. All the beauties of life are shaped by...

They look so expectant, and then they look so depressed... that was the other great...

They look so expectant, and then they look so depressed... that was the other great...

Passion, you see, can be destroyed by a doctor. It cannot be created.

Passion, you see, can be destroyed by a doctor. It cannot be created.

Watching Italian opera, all those male sopranos screeching, stupid fat couples rolling their eyes about....

Watching Italian opera, all those male sopranos screeching, stupid fat couples rolling their eyes about....

It is very, very difficult for a playwright to write a scene in which a...

It is very, very difficult for a playwright to write a scene in which a...

My actual childhood, as opposed to my adolescence, was not spent in London.

My actual childhood, as opposed to my adolescence, was not spent in London.

I think possibly the first film that has music as its leading character.

I think possibly the first film that has music as its leading character.

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

You can't always let people do their own thing.

You can't always let people do their own thing.

And in fact, I think one of the best guides to telling you who you...

And in fact, I think one of the best guides to telling you who you...

You never quite know what's going to strike your imagination, or something that won't going...

You never quite know what's going to strike your imagination, or something that won't going...

Tragedy, for me, is not a conflict between right and wrong, but between two different...

Tragedy, for me, is not a conflict between right and wrong, but between two different...

I was an accomplice in my own frustration.

I was an accomplice in my own frustration.

Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with...

Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with...