A Quote by Andrea Riseborough

We all grew up aware of Agatha Christie; there is no writer more prolific than her in England.

Andrea Riseborough

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Andrea Riseborough
English - Actress
Born: November 20, 1981

Agatha Christie holds special personal memories for me because my mum, a television producer called Pat Sandys, had been the first person to persaude the Agatha Christie estate to put one of her stories on T.V.

Samantha Bond

Only Agatha Christie can write like Agatha Christie.

Sophie Hannah

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!

Kimberley Nixon

[Agatha Christie] is fond of quoting the witty wife who once said, 'an archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her. Christie's husband, Max Mallowan, was an archaeologist.

Nigel Dennis

Dorothy L. Sayers is absolutely my favorite The reason she stands above Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, and Margery Allingham is because she was so subtly aware of the lot and trials of women of her decade.

Lucy Worsley

Before I came to England, my favorite authors were P. G. Wodehouse and Agatha Christie. I used to devour both.

Salman Rushdie

When I set out to write crime fiction, I didn't think to myself, 'I'm going to model myself on Agatha Christie' or 'I am going to be a crime writer in the Christie tradition'.

Sophie Hannah

Agatha Christie has given more pleasure in bed than any other woman.

Nancy Banks Smith

I used to joke that I came to England - not to the U.S. where most Koreans go - because I like Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie.

Ha-Joon Chang

An avid reader, I never missed a book by Judy Blume or Agatha Christie. They both remain two of my favorite authors. If I could have combined these ladies into one person, that's who I would have wanted to be when I grew up.

Kambri Crews

Sarah Phelps is such an incredibly detailed writer. She's famous for bringing literature to life, like Dickens and Agatha Christie.

Sarah Greene

I adore all Agatha Christie's books and turn to them whenever I'm ill or need cheering up.

Sophie Kinsella

Agatha Christie's writing is incredibly skillful because her books are incredibly intellectually puzzling and challenging.

Sophie Hannah

I like murder mysteries, the Agatha Christie kinds of things where you know that it's all going to be neatly wound up at the end.

Stephen Sondheim

I've always been an entertainer all my life; I come from a family of entertainers. I always made, very pretentiously, a comparison with Agatha Christie. Her inspiration was crime, and I'm sure she must have taken courses or read about crime, because it was the basis of her stories. But ultimately, it was her own fantasy.

Isabella Rossellini

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