“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
“Listen, darling, tomorrow I'll buy you a whole lot of detective stories, but don't worry your pretty little head over mysteries tonight.” LittlesWholeStoriesWorryMysteryTomorrowTonightDarlingDetectivesDetective StoriesYour Pretty Book:The novels of Dashiell Hammett Source: The novels of Dashiell Hammett
“What I try to do is write a story about a detective rather than a detective story. Keeping the reader fooled until the last, possible moment is a good trick and I usually try to play it, but I can't attach more than secondary importance to it. The puzzle isn't so interesting to me as the behavior of the detective attacking it.” WritingTryingI CanPlayMomentsStoriesLastsInterestingReaderBehaviorImportanceTricksPuzzlesAttackingDetectivesFooledDetective Stories 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
