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Quote by Dashiell Hammett

“I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of.”

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Dashiell Hammett was an American author renowned for his hard-boiled detective novels. His works are characterized by complex plots and deep psychological descriptions, profoundly influencing the genre of detective fiction. more

“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.”

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Author:Dashiell Hammett

“It's awfully easy to be in love in jail”

Easy Jail

Author:Dashiell Hammett

“I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.”

Feels Writing Habit Latter

Author:Barbara Mertz

“I write every day when I'm at home - trying to catch up with correspondence.”

Writing Trying Home Correspondence

Author:Colin Dexter

“I think that you've got to be prepared to write a load of nonsense to start with and then you can tart it up. The business of getting going, getting started, is enormously important, and this can be physical. Solvitur Ambulando as the Romans used to say, which means the solution comes through walking.”

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Author:Colin Dexter

“The streets were dark with something more then night.”

Night Dark Streets

Author:Raymond Chandler

“I believe in the ability of focusing strongly in something, then you are able to extract even more out of it. It's been like this all my life, and it's been only a question of improving it, and learning more and more and there is almost no end. As you go through you just keep finding more and more. It's very interesting, it's fascinating.”

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Author:Ayrton Senna

“You should be allowed to be a modern city dweller and still care about the environment.”

Should Stills Care Cities Environment Modern Dwellers

Author:Graham Hill

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