I have no pity for myself either. So let it be Veronal. But I wish Hercule Poirot had never retired from work and come here to grow vegetable marrows.
If you are to be Hercule Poirot, you must think of everything.
Everyone likes talking about himself. - Hercule Poirot
My remarks are, as always, apt, sound, and to the point. (Hercule Poirot)
Poirot," I said. "I have been thinking." "An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.
Poirot is a classic character from fiction, not a MacBook Air; he would not benefit from updates.
Only Agatha Christie can write like Agatha Christie.
Agatha Christie has given more pleasure in bed than any other woman.
I was reading Agatha Christie as a little boy.
I absolutely adore Agatha Christie; so much so that when I received a kitten for my Christmas present, I called her Agatha, and I already have a cat called Hercule!
We all grew up aware of Agatha Christie; there is no writer more prolific than her in England.
The first proper mystery novel that I read was 'Murder On the Orient Express' with a gaunt David Niven and a cherubic Peter Ustinov on the cover. 'Orient Express,' you'll recall, is the one where everyone did it, which delighted me no end, and I was immediately hooked.
I've always had a great fondness for English detective fiction such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers.
When I first started out, I absolutely begged my agent to get me a Poirot audition, and my wish came true - I did a Poirot! I need to do a Marple to round it off.
I mean, imagine how some unfortunate Master Criminal would feel, on coming down to do a murder at the old Grange, if he found that not only was Sherlock Holmes putting in the weekend there, but Hercule Poirot, as well." ~ Bertram "Bertie" Wooster
