“Law enforcement: a case of good men doing bad chores.”

“Good luck is just bad luck with its hair combed.”

“Luck was a joke. Even good luck was just bad luck with its hair combed.”

“Most books about writing are filled with bullshit. Fiction writers, present company included, don’t understand very much about what they do—not why it works when it’s good, not why it doesn’t when it’s bad.”

“Oh, I suppose all men of intelligence know how fragile such things as Law and Justice and Civilization really are, but it's not a thing they think of willingly, because it disturbs one's rest and plays hob with one's appetite.”

“Do grown men always have to play games? Does everything have to be an excuse for another kind of game? Do any men grow up or do they only come of age?”

“Do any men grow up or do they only come of age?”