Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)

The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (1984)

Ken Olfson: TV Book Critic

Quotes 

• Jessica Fletcher : [During a TV interview]  Well, uh, actually, I never suspected that my book would be published. I really wrote it... well, for my own enjoyment, I guess. You know, like, like some people needlepoint or paint and...

  TV Book Critic : [Sarcastically]  Then you have no pretensions to having created "literature." How refreshing in an era dedicated to the beatification of the trivial and the canonization of the mundane.

  Jessica Fletcher : Well, on the other hand, people do seem to enjoy it.

  TV Book Critic : [With a contemptuous grin]  The people. Yes. Well, of course, we both know, dear Lady, that it takes very little to please the folks from Dubuque. How else do you explain television?

  Jessica Fletcher : [With a false innocent tone]  Oh, I couldn't. Television is your business... not mine.

  [Silly music playing, close-up on TV Book Critic giving a forced smile]