[On Dashiell Hammett:] ... he is so hard-boiled you could roll him on the White House lawn.
If you don't have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
If I had any decency, I'd be dead. Most of my friends are.
Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
If you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain to find them.
And I'll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.