A Real Gimlet Is Half

The Kind Of Lawyer You Hope The Other Fellow Has.

If You Don't Leave, I'll Get Somebody Who Will.

The Moment A Man Begins To Talk About Technique That's Proof That He Is Fresh Out Of Ideas.

The Perfect Detective Story Cannot Be Written. The Type Of Mind Which Can Evolve The Perfect Problem Is Not The Type Of Mind That Can Produce The Artistic Job Of Writing.

Undoubtedly The Stories About Them [hard-boiled Detectives] Had A Fantastic Element. Such Things Happened, But Not So Rapidly, Nor To So Close-knit A Group Of People, Nor Within So Narrow A Frame Of Logic. This Was Inevitable Because The Demand Was For Constant Action; If You Stopped To Think You Were Lost. When In Doubt, Have A Man Come Through A Door With A Gun In His Hand.