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Dashiell Hammett quotes about thinking

American Author May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961

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Dashiell Hammett quote: "Nick: "Don't you think maybe a drink would help you to..."
Nick: "Don't you think maybe a drink would help you to sleep?"Nora: "No, thanks."Nick: "Maybe it would if I took one. Dashiell Hammett
I first heard Personville called Poisonville by a red-haired mucker named Hickey Dewey in the Big Ship in Butte. He also called his shirt a shoit. I didn't think anything of what he had done to the city's name. Later I heard men who could manage their r's give it the same pronunciation. I still didn't see anything in it but the meaningless sort of humor that used to make richardsnary the thieves' word for dictionary. A few years later I went to Personville and learned better. Dashiell Hammett
The people who lie the most are nearly always the clumsiest at it, and they're easier to fool with lies than most people, too. You'd think they'd be on the look-out for lies, but they seem to be the very ones that will believe almost anything at all. Dashiell Hammett
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
Dashiell Hammett quote: "I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone..."
I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of. Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett quote: "With what dope I got I think it fills me in pretty well."
With what dope I got I think it fills me in pretty well. Dashiell Hammett

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