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Mostly I Just Kill Time," He Said, "and It Dies Hard.

When I Split An Infinitive, God Damn It, I Split It So It Stays Split.

I Do A Great Deal Of Research, Especially In The Apartments Of Tall Blondes.

Let Us Never Accept The Point Of View That Mysteries Are Written By Hacks. The Poorest Of Us Shed Our Blood Over Every Chapter. The Best Of Us Start From Scratch With Every New Book.

Neither Of The Two People In The Room Paid Any Attention To The Way I Came In, Although Only One Of Them Was Dead.