I certainly admire people who do things.

When a book, any sort of book, reaches a certain intensity of artistic performance, it becomes literature. That intensity may be a matter of style, situation, character, emotional tone, or idea, or half a dozen other things. It may also be a perfection of control over the movement of a story similar to the control a great pitcher has over the ball.

To say goodbye is to die a little.

Love interest nearly always weakens a mystery because it introduces a type of suspense that is antagonistic to the detective's struggle to solve a problem.

I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday.

You can always tell a detective on TV. He never takes his hat off.

Hollywood is wonderful. Anyone who doesn't like it is either crazy or sober.