Try not to write the parts that people skip.

I spent most of my dough on booze, broads and boats and the rest I wasted.

Bad guys are not bad guys twenty-four hours a day.

My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.

There are cities that get by on their good looks, offer climate and scenery, views of mountains or oceans, rockbound or with palm trees. And there are cities like Detroit that have to work for a living.

I got halfway through 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.' I don't get it at all. What's the big thrill? It's boring.

Everyone has his own sound. I'm not going to presume how to tell anybody how to write.