I first heard Personville called Poisonville by a red-haired mucker named Hickey Dewey in the Big Ship in Butte. He also called his shirt a shoit.

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

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 truth is you don't like the theater except the times when you're in a room by yourself putting the play on paper.

Our lawyers had their chat with the Supreme Court Justice, and promised to repast the chat to other members of the Supreme Court to find out whether they wanted to hear us out.

Listen, Dundy, it's been a long time since I burst into tears because a policeman didn't like me.

My way of learning is to heave a wild and unpredictable monkey-wrench into the machinery.