I've Been As Bad An Influence On

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.

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.

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.

The Outcome Of Successful Planning Always Looks Like Luck To Saps.

It's Awfully Easy To Be In Love In Jail