A Gun Is Like Breath To A

I Make No Conscious Effort To Be Tough, Or Hard-boiled, Or Grim, Or Any Of The Things I Am Usually Called.

Stealing A Man's Wife, That's Nothing, But Stealing His Car, That's Larceny.

I Had Killed A Man, For Money And A Woman. I Didn't Have The Money And I Didn't Have The Woman.

You Usually Can Tell When A Writer Is Going Down Hill By The Size Of His Liquor Bill.

When It’s Too Good, You Do It Over Again. Too Good Is Too Easy. If It’s Too Easy You Have To Worry. If You’re Not Lying Awake At Night Worrying About It, The Reader Isn’t Going To, Either. I Always Know That When I Get A Good Night’s Sleep, The Next Day I’m Not Going To Get Any Work Done. Writing A Novel Is Like Working On Foreign Policy. There Are Problems To Be Solved. It’s Not All Inspirational.