- [first lines]
- Jeff Ogden: Maybe we should have gone for bigger lettering, Mr. Devlin.
- Bennett J. Devlin: No, I think it's adequate for the purpose, Jeff.
- Melissa Maddox: This is such a wonderful old typewriter, Mrs. Fletcher. Where did you ever find it? In an antique shop?
- Jessica Fletcher: Well, I've had it for a number of years.
- [last lines]
- Jessica Fletcher: Well, thanks for the offer, but journalism is your beat, not mine.
- Bennett J. Devlin: Writing is writing. Why, some of our best authors have been newpapermen at one time. Hemingway, Forsyth, Ben Hecht.
- Jessica Fletcher: Is this the one argument that you're going to let me win, I hope?