I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of.

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• Dashiell Hammett:

  I like women. I really like women.

• Dashiell Hammett:

  I haven't any sort of plans for the future but I reckon things will work out in some manner.

• Dashiell Hammett:

  I have not killed anyone. They will not let me.

• Dashiell Hammett:

  I don't know much about him; never heard him say more than nope or yup.

• Dashiell Hammett:

  I deserve all the love you can spare me. And I want a lot more than I deserve.

• Dashiell Hammett:

  Feed the lettuce to the bunny and eat the bunny.

• Dashiell Hammett:

  Another man whose social life has ruined him.

• Frank Woolley:

  I cannot let this opportunity pass without placing on record how much I have enjoyed my cricket wit

• Frank Woolley:

  I don't think I ever worked harder at any match during my career to get runs as I did then, nor did

• Frank Woolley:

  I was not depressed when they got me out. I have always taken my dismissals as part of the game.