“Do you have to do murder? Do we have to do murder? Sure we have to do murder. There are only two subjects--a woman's chastity, and murder. Nobody's interested in chastity any more. Murder's all we got to write stories about.” WritingTwoStoriesSubjectsMurderChastity Author:Leslie Ford
“Captain Crawford didn't like the idea of any kind of murder, but he went at it patiently and honestly and with none of the stupidity and bombast and rubber-hose techniques that Los Angeles crime fiction writers had led me to expect. I'd gotten the impression that unless a gifted amateur in love with the lady got himself almost beaten to a pulp and practically inside the lethal gas chamber before he unmasked the venal and brutalized constabulary, any innocent bystander they could get their hands on was a gone duck.” KindIdeasHandsFictionGoneCrimeMurderStupidityTechniqueHonestlyImpressionInnocentGasLos AngelesDucksCaptainsGiftedBeatenChamberCrime FictionFiction WritersRubberPulpBystandersGas Chambers Author:Leslie Ford
