Joel Cairo: You Always Have A Very

Most Things In San Francisco Can Be Bought Or Taken.

He Looked Rather Pleasantly, Like A Blonde Satan.

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 Truth Is You Don't Like The Theater Except The Times When You're In A Room By Yourself Putting The Play On Paper.

The Problem With Putting Two And Two Together Is That Sometimes You Get Four, And Sometimes You Get Twenty-two.