James M. Cain quotes

If your writing doesn't keep you up at night, it won't keep anyone else up either. (James M. Cain)
That's all it takes, one drop of fear to curdle love into hate. View quote
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I had killed a man, for money and a woman. I didn't have the money and I didn't have the woman. View quote
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If you have to do it, you can do it. View quote
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I loved her like a rabbit loves a rattlesnake. View quote
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I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called. View quote
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You have to wait for your mind to catch up with whatever it is it's working on; then you can write a novel. View quote
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I write of the wish that comes true - for some reason, a terrifying concept. View quote
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Love, when you get fear in it, it's not love any more. It's hate. View quote
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Stealing a man's wife, that's nothing, but stealing his car, that's larceny. View quote
James M. Cain