„I don’t pretend to be an author or to know anything about writing. I’m doing this simply because Dr Reilly asked me to, and somehow when Dr Reilly asks you to do a thing you don’t like to refuse.“

— Agatha Christie
„That was the worst of Dr Reilly. You never knew whether he was joking or not. He always said things in the same slow melancholy way — but half the time there was a twinkle underneath it.“
— Agatha Christie
„I don't do what I'm told, but I might do what you want if you ask me nicely.“
— Cassandra Clare
„D'ye think I don't know?" he asked softly. "It's me that has the easy part now. For if ye feel for me as I do for you-then I'm asking you to tear out your heart and live without it.“
— Diana Gabaldon
„If you still don't like it, that's OK: that's why I'm boss. I simply know better than you do.“
— Linus Torvalds
„Oh, dear, it's quite true what Dr. Reilly said. How does one stop writing? If I could find a really good telling phrase… Like the one M. Poirot used. In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate… Something like that.“
— Agatha Christie
„You already know when I'm writing, so don't be surprised if it's short and dry, because I'm too hungry to write anything fat“
— Frédéric Chopin