I Don T Mind A Reasonable Amount

What I Try To Do Is Write A Story About A Detective Rather Than A Detective Story. Keeping The Reader Fooled Until The Last, Possible Moment Is A Good Trick And I Usually Try To Play It, But I Can't Attach More Than Secondary Importance To It. The Puzzle Isn't So Interesting To Me As The Behavior Of The Detective Attacking It.

The Face She Made At Me Was Probably Meant For A Smile. Whatever It Was, It Beat Me. I Was Afraid She'd Do It Again, So I Surrendered

He Felt Like Somebody Had Taken The Lid Off Life And Let Him See The Works.

Nick: "don't You Think Maybe A Drink Would Help You To Sleep?" Nora: "no, Thanks." Nick: "maybe It Would If I Took One.

The People Who Lie The Most Are Nearly Always The Clumsiest At It, And They're Easier To Fool With Lies Than Most People, Too. You'd Think They'd Be On The Look-out For Lies, But They Seem To Be The Very Ones That Will Believe Almost Anything At All.