I've 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.

Quote by Agatha Christie

Topics: Writing Quotes

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous...

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous...

There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his...

There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his...

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves...

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves...

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous...

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous...

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all...

I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all...

I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming that comes when you finish the life of...

I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming that comes when you finish the life of...

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the...

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the...

The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they...

The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they...

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

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

Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.

Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.

Any woman can fool a man if she wants to and if he's in love...

Any woman can fool a man if she wants to and if he's in love...

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly...

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly...

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and...

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and...

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give...

Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give...

Sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely , racked with sorrow, but through it all I still...

Sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely , racked with sorrow, but through it all I still...

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we...

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we...

The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.

The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.

Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids...

Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids...