Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations.

There are no vital and significant forms of art; there is only art, and precious little of that.

Courage is a strange thing: One can never be sure of it

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.

It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant flow of fraudulent advertising is no trivial thing. There is more than one way to conquer a country

The streets were dark with something more then night.

You're broke, eh?" I been shaking two nickels together for a month, trying to get them to mate.