This was 1954, friends. The girls' dorm was off limits. Even to girls, I think.

There can never be any substitute for your own palate nor any better education than tasting the wine yourself.

The key to growing up well, is being tough enough.

Very few of my books are about who stole the Maltese Falcon

I needed to find my way to write. I need about six hours of uninterrupted time in order to produce about two hours of writing, and when I accepted that and found the way to do it, then I was able to write.

You do the best you can and you deal with the consequences. It's all there is.

Yeah. Floyd is his batman.