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James M. Cain quotes: I bit her. I sunk my teeth into her lips so deep I could feel the blood spurt into my mouth. It was running down her neck when I carried

I bit her. I sunk my teeth into her lips so deep I could feel the blood spurt into my mouth. It was running down her neck when I carried her upstairs.

James M. Cain quotes: If your writing doesn't keep you up at night, it won't keep anyone else up either

If your writing doesn't keep you up at night, it won't keep anyone else up either

James M. Cain quotes: They threw me off the haytruck about noon.

They threw me off the haytruck about noon.

James M. Cain quotes: New York is not even a city, it's a congerie of rotten villages.

New York is not even a city, it's a congerie of rotten villages.

James M. Cain quotes: I kissed her. Her eyes were shining up at me like two blue stars. It was like being in church.

I kissed her. Her eyes were shining up at me like two blue stars. It was like being in church.

James M. Cain quotes: The hand that holds the money cracks the whip.

The hand that holds the money cracks the whip.

James M. Cain quotes: Never take the mistress if you can get the maid.

Never take the mistress if you can get the maid.

James M. Cain quotes: You have to wait for your mind to catch up with whatever it is it's working on; then you can write a novel.

You have to wait for your mind to catch up with whatever it is it's working on; then you can write a novel.

James M. Cain quotes: let's get stinko.

let's get stinko.

James M. Cain quotes: Time is the only critic.

Time is the only critic.

James M. Cain quotes: Stealing a man's wife, that's nothing, but stealing his car, that's larceny.

Stealing a man's wife, that's nothing, but stealing his car, that's larceny.

James M. Cain quotes: Under those blue pajamas was a shape to set a man nuts ...

Under those blue pajamas was a shape to set a man nuts ...

James M. Cain quotes: If you have to do it, you can do it.

If you have to do it, you can do it.

James M. Cain quotes: A gun is like breath to a drowning manit has to be drawn in haste.

A gun is like breath to a drowning man
it has to be drawn in haste.

James M. Cain quotes: You usually can tell when a writer is going down hill by the size of his liquor bill.

You usually can tell when a writer is going down hill by the size of his liquor bill.

James M. Cain quotes: We only have two kinds of weather in California, magnificent and unusual.

We only have two kinds of weather in California, magnificent and unusual.

James M. Cain quotes: A guitar has moonlight in it.

A guitar has moonlight in it.

James M. Cain quotes: I loved her like a rabbit loves a rattlesnake

I loved her like a rabbit loves a rattlesnake

James M. Cain quotes: I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called.

I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called.

James M. Cain quotes: If you can't write like New York, you have no business living in New York and making New York the locale of your stories.

If you can't write like New York, you have no business living in New York and making New York the locale of your stories.

James M. Cain quotes: I had killed a man, for money and a woman. I didn't have the money and I didn't have the woman.

I had killed a man, for money and a woman. I didn't have the money and I didn't have the woman.

James M. Cain quotes: A woman is a funny animal.

A woman is a funny animal.

James M. Cain quotes: A smile is nature's freeway: it has lanes, and you can go any speed you like, except you can't go back

A smile is nature's freeway: it has lanes, and you can go any speed you like, except you can't go back

James M. Cain quotes: I write of the wish that comes truefor some reason, a terrifying thought.

I write of the wish that comes true
for some reason, a terrifying thought.

James M. Cain quotes: He was enthusiastic about everything, but when she came in with the pie he grew positively lyrical.

He was enthusiastic about everything, but when she came in with the pie he grew positively lyrical.

James M. Cain quotes: Love, when you get fear in it, it's not love any more. It's hate.

Love, when you get fear in it, it's not love any more. It's hate.

James M. Cain quotes: She was a little given to rehearsing things in her mind, and having imaginary triumphs over people who had upset her in one way and another.

She was a little given to rehearsing things in her mind, and having imaginary triumphs over people who had upset her in one way and another.

James M. Cain quotes: That's all it takes, one drop of fear to curdle love into hate.

That's all it takes, one drop of fear to curdle love into hate.