Mostly I Just Kill Time," He Said,

Undoubtedly The Stories About Them [hard-boiled Detectives] Had A Fantastic Element. Such Things Happened, But Not So Rapidly, Nor To So Close-knit A Group Of People, Nor Within So Narrow A Frame Of Logic. This Was Inevitable Because The Demand Was For Constant Action; If You Stopped To Think You Were Lost. When In Doubt, Have A Man Come Through A Door With A Gun In His Hand.

I Knew One Thing: As Soon As Anyone Said You Didn't Need A Gun, You'd Better Take One Along That Worked.

I Was As Hollow And Empty As The Spaces Between Stars.

There Are No Vital And Significant Forms Of Art; There Is Only Art, And Precious Little Of That.

Everything Written With Vitality Expresses That Vitality: There Are No Dull Subjects, Only Dull Minds.