The most durable thing in writing is style. It is a projection of personality and you have to have a personality before you can project it. It is the product of emotion and perception.

If you don't leave, I'll get somebody who will.

Police business is a hell of a problem. It's a good deal like politics. It asks for the highest type of men, and there's nothing in it to attract the highest type of men.

Some days I feel like playing it smooth. Some days I feel like playing it like a waffle iron.

There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others.

Throw up into your typewriter every morning. Clean up every noon.

The most durable thing in writing is style. It is a projection of personality and you have to have a personality before you can project it. It is the product of emotion and perception.