Dead Man's Folly Quotes

“I mean, what can you say about how you write your books? What I mean is, first you've got to think of something, and then when you've thought of it you've got to force yourself to sit down and write it. That's all." ~ Mrs. Oliver”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly

“I have always noticed that these artists and writers are very unbalanced”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly

“I mean, what can you say about how you write books? What I mean is, first you’ve got to think of something, and when you’ve thought of it you’ve got to force yourself to sit down and write it. That’s all. It would have taken me just three minutes to explain that, and then the Talk would have been ended and everyone would have been very fed up. I can’t imagine why everybody is always so keen for authors to talk about writing. I should have thought it was an author’s business to write, not talk.”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly

“If the foundations are rotten - everything's rotten.”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly

“I’m not very good at telling things. I mean if I write things, I get them perfectly clear, but if I talk, it always sounds the most frightful muddle.”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly

“Sleep after toyle, port after stormie seas, ease after war, death after life, doth greatly please…”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly

“…first you’ve got to think of something, and when you’ve thought of it you’ve got to force yourself to sit down and write it. That’s all.”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly

“Bland reflected that the local verdict seemed to be the comfortable and probably agelong one of attributing every tragic occurrence to unspecified foreigners.”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly

“Are you still there monsieur Poirot?” Demanded Mrs. Oliver. At the same time, the operator requested more money. With these formalities completed, Poirot spoke once more.
“Are you still there Madame?”
“I’M still here.” Said Mrs. Oliver. “And don’t let’s waste any more money asking each other if we’re there. What is it?”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly

“Poirot was always willing to let people talk. The more people who talked to him”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly

“Whether he realizes she’s a bit wanting in the top storey”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly

“Though obviously careless of her appearance, she had that indefinable air of being someone which is so hard to explain.”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly

“neurotic – all the rest of it. Like those”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly

“It makes one feel such a fool,” said Mrs. Oliver, ruefully, “not to be able to be definite.”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly

“It is necessary to tell a woman at least once a week, and preferably three or four times, that we love her; and that it is also wise to bring her a few flowers, to pay her a few compliments, to tell her that she looks well in her new dress or new hat.”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly

“E Bland considerò che il verdetto della gente del villaggio pareva proprio quello, comodo e vecchio come il mondo, di attribuire ogni tragico avvenimento a qualche straniero non meglio identificato.”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly

“He went slowly out of the boat house, unhappy and displeased with himself. He, Hurcule Poirot, had been summoned to prevent a murder and he had not prevented it. It had happened. What was even more humiliating was that he had no real ideas, even now, as to what has actually happened. It was ignominious. And tomorrow, he must return to London, defeated. His ego was seriously deflated. Even his mustache drooped.”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly

“Men get killed and nobody minds.”
― Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly