"The only way to get a good performance out of an actor is to scare them."

"Casting is characterization."

"Happiness is a small house, with a great big garden."

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

"I'm frightened of eggs, worse than frightened; they revolt me. That round white thing without any holes, and when you break it, inside there's that yellow thing, round, without any holes… Brrr! Have y…"