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Mary Roberts Rinehart was an American writer known for her suspense novels. She is considered a pioneer in the genre of detective fiction and is often referred to as the 'Mother of Detective Fiction'.

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Famous Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes

“[On the Irish:] Strange race ... Don't know what they want, but want it like the devil.”

Knows Want Race Strange Devil Ireland

Author:Mary Roberts Rinehart

“as all women know, there are really no men at all. There are grown-up boys, and middle-aged boys, and elderly boys, and even sometimes very old boys. But the essential difference is simply exterior. Your man is always a boy.”

Knows Men Sometimes Differences Boys Middle Essentials Elderly Exterior Middle Aged

Book:Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are: And Isn't that Just Like a Man

Source: Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are: And Isn't that Just Like a Man

“my crime books are actually novels and are written as such. One might even say that each one is really two novels, one of which is the story I tell the reader, and the other the buried story I know and let slip now and then into a clue to whet the reader's interest.”

Knows Two Book Stories Might Interest Novel Written Mystery Crime Reader Buried Slips Now And Then Clue Mystery Novels Crime Books

Book:The Mary Roberts Rinehart crime book

Source: The Mary Roberts Rinehart crime book

“there is something shameful about the death of a play. It does not die with pity, but contempt. A book may fail, but who is there to know it? It dies and is buried, and is decently interred on the bookseller's shelf; but the play dies to laughter, to scorn and disdain.”

Knows May Doe Book Play Dies Failing Laughter Theater Pity Buried Contempt Shelves Scorn Shameful Disdain Booksellers

Book:My Story

Source: My Story

“the theater is the only money-making business I know in which haste apparently rules from first to last.”

Knows Firsts Lasts Theater Making Money Haste

Book:My Story

Source: My Story

“Every writer knows the terror of an unexpected success. How to carry on? How to repeat it?”

Knows Terror Repeats Unexpected

Book:Writing is Work

Source: Writing is Work

“People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.”

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Book:The Circular Staircase: Mystery & Detective Collections

Source: The Circular Staircase: Mystery & Detective Collections

About the Author

Born: August 12, 1876
Died: September 22, 1958
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 101

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My StoryRelated source material

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Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are: And Isn't that Just Like a ManRelated source material

Writing is WorkRelated source material

Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and ExcursionsRelated source material

When a Man Marries/The Window at the White CatRelated source material

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A Poor Wise ManRelated source material

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