You can always tell a detective on TV. He never takes his hat off.
I'm killing time and it's dying hard.
Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say.
To say goodbye is to die a little.
As honest as you could expect a man to be in a world where it's out of style.
A real gimlet is half gin and half Rose's lime juice and nothing else.