“You're drunk, and I'm drunk, and I'm just exactly drunk enough to tell you anything you want to know. That's the kind of girl I am. If I like a person, I'll tell them anything they want to know. Just ask me. Go ahead, ask me.” IfsKnowsWantKindPersonsEnoughGirlAsksDrunkAsk MeKind Of Girl Book:Novels Source: Novels
“We didn't exactly believe your story.' Then --?' 'We believed your two hundred dollars.' 'You mean --' She seemed not to know what he meant. 'I mean that you paid us more than if you'd been telling the truth,' he explained blandly, 'and enough more to make it all right.” IfsKnowsBelieveMeanTwoEnoughStoriesHundredPaidDollarsTelling The Truth Author:Dashiell Hammett
“I couldn't be fonder of you if you were my own son. But, well, if you lose a son, its possible to get another. There's only one Maltese Falcon.” IfsWellsLosesMy OwnSonFalcon Author:Dashiell Hammett
“Nick: "Don't you think maybe a drink would help you to sleep?" Nora: "No, thanks." Nick: "Maybe it would if I took one.” IfsThinkingHelpingSleepDrinkThanks Author:Dashiell Hammett
“Brigid: I haven't lived a good life - I've been bad, worse than you could know. Spade: That's good, because if you actually were as innocent as you pretend to be, we'd never get anywhere.” IfsKnowsHavensInnocentGood LifeSpadesFalconSam Spade Author:Dashiell Hammett
“I distrust a man that says when. If he's got to be careful not to drink to much it's because he's not to be trusted when he does.” IfsMenDoeDrinkDrinkingCarefulBe CarefulTrustedDistrustFalcon Author:Dashiell Hammett
“When you write, you want fame, fortune and personal satisfaction. You want to write what you want to write and feel it's good, and you want this to go on for hundreds of years. You're not likely ever to get all these things, and you're not likely to give up writing and commit suicide if you don't, but that is -- and should be -- your goal. Anything else is kind of piddling.” IfsWantGivingFeelsShouldWritingYearsKindGoalGoes OnFameGiving UpSuicideFortuneSatisfactionWhat You WantCommitPersonal Satisfaction Author:Dashiell Hammett
“If you have a story that seems worth telling, and you think you can tell it worthily, then the thing for you to do is to tell it, regardless of whether it has to do with sex, sailors or mounted policemen.” IfsThinkingWritingStoriesSeemsSexPolicemenSailor Book:The Hunter and Other Stories Source: The Hunter and Other Stories
“You got to look on the bright side, even if there ain't one.” IfsLooksSidesBright Side Author:Dashiell Hammett
