Any Writer Who Knows What

For The Masses Who Do The City's Labor Also Keep The City's Heart.

Any Writer Who Knows What He's Doing Isn't Doing Very Much.

Watch For A Wild Boy Of No Particular Clan, Ready For Anything, Always Armed. Prefers Fighting To Toil, Drink To Fighting, Chasing Women To Booze Or Battle: May Attempt All Three Concurrently.

You Don't Write A Novel Out Of Sheer Pity Any More Than You Blow A Safe Out Of A Vague Longing To Be Rich. A Certain Ruthlessness And A Sense Of Alienation From Society Is As Essential To Creative Writing As It Is To Armed Robbery.

Chicago Is An October Sort Of City Even In Spring.