A lot of fancier yarns come from people trying to tell the truth. It’s not easy once you’re out of the habit.

You don't pay a prostitute for sex, you pay her to leave afterwards.

Who shot him? I asked. The grey man scratched the back of his neck and said: Somebody with a gun.

It's awfully easy to be in love in jail

I haven't any sort of plans for the future but I reckon things will work out in some manner.

I distrust a man that says when. If he's got to be careful not to drink to much it's because he's not to be trusted when he does.

Talking is something you can't do judiciously unless you keep in practice.