Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett
Samuel Dashiell Hammettwas an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories, screenwriter, and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade, Nick and Nora Charles, and the Continental Op...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth27 May 1894
CitySt Marys County, MD
CountryUnited States of America
real satisfaction substitutes
Strictly speaking, there are no real substitutes for sexual satisfaction
taken falcon felt
He felt like somebody had taken the lid off life and let him see the works.
bunnies lettuce
Feed the lettuce to the bunny and eat the bunny.
sex thinking sailor
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.
boys two firsts
The boy spoke two words, the first a short guttural verb, the second “you.
love-you want spares
I deserve all the love you can spare me. And I want a lot more than I deserve.
discovery steps affair
...What disturbed him was the discovery that in sensibly ordering his affairs he had got out of step, and not into step, with Life.
sides looks bright-side
You got to look on the bright side, even if there ain't one.
girl drunk want
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.
work-out things-will-work-out plans
I haven't any sort of plans for the future but I reckon things will work out in some manner.
mind trouble film-noir
I don t mind a reasonable amount of trouble.
cairo want smooth
Joel Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation ready. Sam Spade: What do you want me to do, learn to stutter?
style ends found
I found I was repeating myself. It is the beginning of the end when you discover you have style.
yarn people trying
A lot of fancier yarns come from people trying to tell the truth. It’s not easy once you’re out of the habit.