LA doesn't have the heart of a paper cup.

When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it stays split.

Down these mean streets a man must go who is neither tarnished nor afraid

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.

Some are able and humane men and some are low-grade individuals with the morals of a goat, the artistic integrity of a slot machine, and the manners of a floorwalker with delusions of grandeur.

It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.

There are two kinds of truth; The truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The fist of these is science and the second is art.

It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.

The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement

At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.

It was only one man who had gone, but it felt like forever, something so permanent and unstoppable that it blasted her. If she were a tree, she would drop all her leaves.

As a loyal American and I think a patriotic American, no, I don't want Sarah Palin to be president.

If I ever get married myself, it’ll be in jeans.

Overall, women are a lot more fun to work with than a bunch of men.

A brave man hazards life, but not his conscience.

Tradesmen regard an author with a mixed feeling of terror, compassion and curiosity.

I don't really listen to the radio too much. I know that one song, "Hotline Bling."

Murder and lying comes easy for white people.

Investors feel very comfortable working in Georgia

The response is to the image, not to the man, since 99 percent of the voters have no contact with the man.