There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.

Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.

A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.

There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.

If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.

The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.