“Then the door opened and a man came in. He was a big man, and he looked like a butcher.”— Leigh Brackett
“Kells was a man of contrasts. He was a killer and he was a nice guy; he was tough and he was gentle.”— Peter Ruric
“I was neat, clean, shaved and sober, and I didn't care who knew it. I was everything the well-dressed private eye ought to be.”— Raymond Chandler