Agatha Christie Quotes

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

Time, Best, Book

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.
Agatha Christie

Mother, Opinion, Laziness

Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.
Agatha Christie

Themselves, Knew, Habits

I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't, luckily, have to bother about that.
Agatha Christie

Time, Waiting, Live

I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest.
Agatha Christie

Quiet, Interest, Domestic

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.
Agatha Christie

Book, Writing, Two

Never do anything yourself that others can do for you.
Agatha Christie

Yourself, Others

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

Trust, Money, Nobody

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Writer

Born: September 15, 1890

Died: January 12, 1976

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