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If you have a story that seems worth telling, and you think you can tell it worthily, then the thing for you to do is to tell it, regardless of whether it has to do with sex, sailors or mounted policemen.
— Dashiell Hammett
Tags: writing, sex

Other Quotes by "Dashiell Hammett"

I don't know much about him; never heard him say more than nope or yup.
— Dashiell Hammett
Tags: say, more, know, never
Our lawyers had their chat with the Supreme Court Justice, and promised to repast the chat to other members of the Supreme Court to find out whether they wanted to hear us out.
— Dashiell Hammett
Tags: find, us, lawyers, justice
Strictly speaking, there are no real substitutes for sexual satisfaction.
— Dashiell Hammett
Tags: speaking, sexual, real, satisfaction
Looks like she's been slapping the kid again.
— Dashiell Hammett
Tags: been, she, like, looks
It's sometimes better to pretend I don't hear the sound of somebody in the nearby woods with a shotgun.
— Dashiell Hammett
Tags: pretend, woods, sometimes, better
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