“Then the door opened and a man came in. He was a big man, and he looked like a butcher.”— Leigh Brackett
“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
“I've always been a fan of the noir genre. It's a great way to explore the dark side of human nature.”— Curtis Hanson