The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in.

I spent most of my dough on booze, broads and boats and the rest I wasted.

My most important piece of advice to all you would-be writers: When you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip.

If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can't allow what we learned in English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative.

What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice.

It doesn't have to make sense, it just has to sound like it does.

Using adverbs is a mortal sin.

At the time I begin writing a novel, the last thing I want to do is follow a plot outline. To know too much at the start takes the pleasure out of discovering what the book is about.

Try not to write the parts that people skip.

All the information you need can be given in dialogue.

Everyone has his own sound. I'm not going to presume how to tell anybody how to write.

I've always felt I deserved a wider audience, so thank you for reading this.

Anywhere in the world, if you see a law which is protecting the rapists, you must know that this law has been prepared by the rapists!

Not everyone will appreciate the beauty of their surroundings like you do. Spend time with those that do.

The sword of the law should never fall but on those whose guilt is so apparent as to be pronounced by their friends as well as foes.

Now, you can't tell me, we have the only God in the whole world. You can't tell me that nobody else has God.

To abstain from lying is essentially wholesome.

Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it.

Sometimes you need coffee, and sometimes you need a Bloody Mary.

Every political creation of new money transfers wealth from workers and savers to those who are spending in the market place newly created monetary units which no one has earned.

Maybe they didn't want you to realize that every civilization has its weakness. There's always one thing we depend on. And if someone takes it away all that's left is some story in a history class.