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Agatha Christie, a renowned British detective novel writer, is known as the Queen of Detective Fiction. She was born on September 15, 1890, and passed away on January 12, 1976. Christie's works are characterized by intricate plots, unique reasoning, and vivid characters, and have had a profound impact on detective fiction worldwide.

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Famous Agatha Christie Quotes

“The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes.”

Author:Agatha Christie

“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”

Writing Writing Life

Book:Dead Man's Folly

Source: Dead Man's Folly

“The urge to write one's autobiography, so I have been told, overtakes everyone sooner or later.”

Writing Has Beens Urges Sooner Or Later Autobiography

Book:An autobiography

Source: An autobiography

“The contemporary historian never writes such a true history as the historian of a later generation.”

Writing History Generations Contemporary Historian

Book:The Mysterious Mr Quin

Source: The Mysterious Mr Quin

“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.”

Should Writing I Can Imagine Should Have

Author:Agatha Christie

“Many friends have said to me, 'I never know when you write your books, because I've never seen you writing, or even seen you go away to write.' 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.”

Knows Writing Said Book Self Hours Half Dog Return Bones Noses Odd Behave Going Away Retiring Mud Half Hours Many Friends Secretive

Book:Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

Source: Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

“In old days the public didn't really mind much about accuracy, but nowadays readers take it upon themselves to write to authors on every possible occasion, pointing out flaws.”

Writing Mind Reader Occasions Flaws Pointing Accuracy Old Days

Author:Agatha Christie

“I, myself, was always recognized . . . as the “slow one” in the family. It was quite true, and I knew it and accepted it. Writing and spelling were always terribly difficult for me. My letters were without originality. I was . . . an extraordinarily bad speller and have remained so until this day.”

Writing Difficult Letters Accepted This Day Originality Spelling Dyslexic Dyslexia

Author:Agatha Christie

“God bless my soul, woman, the more personal you are the better! This is a story of human beings - not dummies! Be personal - be prejudiced - be catty - be anything you please! Write the thing your own way. We can always prune out the bits that are libellous afterwards!”

Way Writing Humans Soul Stories Bits Human Beings Please My Soul Bless God Bless Dummy Prunes

Book:Dame Agatha abroad

Source: Dame Agatha abroad

“There was a moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a profession, which is to write even when you don't want to, don't much like what you're writing, and aren't writing particularly well”

Want Writing Wells Moments Work Changed Commitment Burden Profession

Author:Agatha Christie

“She was a lucky woman who had established a happy knack of writing what quite a lot of people wanted to read.”

People Writing Wanted Lucky Knack

Book:Elephants can remember

Source: Elephants can remember

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

“It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.”

Writing Stories Literature Cities New York Ridiculous New York City Detectives Detective Stories Detective Fiction Hercule Poirot Detective Work

Author:Agatha Christie

“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.”

People Writing Believe Two Book Half Worry Memorable Royalty Book Writing Collaborators

Author:Agatha Christie

“All I needed was a steady table and a typewriter...a marble-topped bedroom washstand table made a good place; the dining-room table between meals was also suitable.”

Writing Made Rooms Needed Tables Meals Steady Bedroom Marble Suitable Typewriters Dining Good Place Dining Rooms

Author:Agatha Christie

“Writing is a great comfort to people like me, who are unsure of themselves and have trouble expressing themselves properly.”

People Writing Trouble Comfort Like Me Unsure

Author:Agatha Christie

“Authors were shy, unsociable creatures, atoning for their lack of social aptitude by inventing their own companions and conversations.”

Writing Social Conversation Creatures Shy Companion Inventing Aptitude

Book:Mrs. McGinty's Dead

Source: Mrs. McGinty's Dead

“Three months seems to me quite a reasonable time to complete a book, if one can get right down to it.”

Ifs Writing Book Seems Three Months Reasonable Three Months

Author:Agatha Christie

About the Author

Born: September 15, 1890
Died: January 12, 1976
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 681

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