Agatha Christie Quotes about Writing

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

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

Agatha Christie

Writing, People, Comfort

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!

Agatha Christie

Writing, Soul, Stories

Agatha Christie (1960). “Dame Agatha abroad”

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

Agatha Christie

New York, Writing, Cities

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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

Agatha Christie

Work, Writing, Commitment

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

Writing, Should Have, Imagine

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.

Agatha Christie

Writing, Mind, Flaws

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

Agatha Christie

Writing, History, Generations

Agatha Christie (2010). “The Mysterious Mr Quin”, p.22, HarperCollins UK

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.

Agatha Christie

Writing, Typewriters, Dining

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.

Agatha Christie

Writing, Letters, Originality

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

Agatha Christie

Writing, Autobiography, Sooner Or Later

Agatha Christie (2010). “An Autobiography”, p.10, HarperCollins UK

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.

Agatha Christie

Dog, Book, Writing

Agatha Christie (1991). “Agatha Christie: An Autobiography”, Berkley Publishing Group