I've Been Tremendously Moved By

Sometimes I'll Leave The House And Go To A Delicatessen Down The Street From Me - It's Been There A Million Years - Just Because I Can Look At People.

The Lunatic Populism That Preceded The Pearl Harbor Bombing Is Astonishing In Its Permutations, Its Crisscrossings. Guys Like [catholic Priest And Controversial Radio Broadcaster] Father Coughlin And [racist And Anti-semitic Agitator And Founder Of The Christian Nationalist Crusade] Gerald L.k. Smith Started Out As Share-the-wealth Socialists.

Raymond Chandler Once Wrote That Dashiell Hammett Gave Murder Back To The People Who Really Committed It.

Noir Is Dead For Me Because Historically, I Think It's A Simple View. I've Taken It As Far As It Can Go. I Think I've Expanded On It A Great Deal, Taken It Further Than Any Other American Novelist.

I Drank, I Used Drugs, I Broke Into Houses, Sniffed Women's Undergarments. I Ate Benzedrex Inhalers, Jacked Off For 18 Hours At A Pop, Lived With My Dad In A Shitpad.