To Get What He Wanted, A Man

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.

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.

Brigid: I Haven't Lived A Good Life - I've Been Bad, Worse Than You Could Know. Spade: That's Good, Because If You Actually Were As Innocent As You Pretend To Be, We'd Never Get Anywhere.

Nora Said: 'i Love You, Nicky, Because You Smell Nice And Know Such Fascinating People.

If You Have A Story That Seems Worth Telling, And You Think You Can Tell It Worthily, Then The Thing For You To Do Is To Tell It, Regardless Of Whether It Has To Do With Sex, Sailors Or Mounted Policemen.