“If your writing doesn't keep you up at night, it won't keep anyone else up either”
― James M. Cain

“Yes, I have actually mined coal, and distilled liquor, as well as seen a girl in a pink dress, and seen her take it off. I am 54 years old, weigh 220 pounds, and look like the chief dispatcher of a long-distance driving concern. I am a registered Democrat. I drink.”
― James M. Cain, The Butterfly

“Then I saw her.”
― James M. Cain, The Postman Always Rings Twice