Agatha Christie Quotes About Writing
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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
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It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.
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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.
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The urge to write one's autobiography, so I have been told, overtakes everyone sooner or later.
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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.
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Writing is a great comfort to people like me, who are unsure of themselves and have trouble expressing themselves properly.
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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.
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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!
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Three months seems to me quite a reasonable time to complete a book, if one can get right down to it.
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The contemporary historian never writes such a true history as the historian of a later generation.
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She was a lucky woman who had established a happy knack of writing what quite a lot of people wanted to read.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.
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Authors were shy, unsociable creatures, atoning for their lack of social aptitude by inventing their own companions and conversations.
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