When all is said and done, later in this century, and in…

“He [James Cain] is every kind of writer I detest...a Proust in greasy overalls, a dirty little boy with a piece of chalk and…

— Raymond Chandler

James Cain was saddled with being called the father of hardboiled fiction. Apparently, he didn't like this saddle.

— Bill Callahan

Luckily for you, you can close the book The Postman Always Rings Twice and break out of it, and James M. Cain can't. I…

— Jonathan Dee

“But Later! was also a way of avoiding saying goodbye, of making light of all goodbyes. You said Later! not to mean farewell but…

— André Aciman

“Call me later, you’d said, so I could call you later, at night, and it is those nights I miss you, Ed, the most,…

— Daniel Handler

“Please, Lord, tell me what to do! “Mom?” I said later that night. “Yes?” We were sitting on the sofa in the den, the…

— Nicholas Sparks

“She didn't say she loved him then. She said it later that night, when he was breathing deeply beside her, the sleep of peace…

— Lucy Gordon

“He was a boy, she was a girl Can I make it any more obvious, He was a punk, she did ballet, What more…

— Avril Lavigne

“All I wanted,' London said later, 'was a quiet place in the counry to write and loaf in and get out of Nature that…

— Jack London

He was a skater boy, she said see you later boy. He wasnt good enough for her.

— Avril Lavigne

“But Later! was also a way of avoiding saying goodbye, of making light of all goodbyes. You said Later! not to mean farewell but…

— André Aciman

It's the tradition of American writers getting away in order to see the country - to get a better view.

— Laurie Anderson

William Maxwell's my favorite North American writer, I think. And an Irish writer who used to write for 'The New Yorker' called Maeve Brennan,…

— Alice Munro

“WRITTEN IN PENCIL IN THE SEALED RAILWAY-CAR here in this carload i am eve with abel my son if you see my other son…

— Dan Pagis

American writers, at least those of us who are fortunate enough to support ourselves in the field, are by and large a lucky lot.

— Bryan Burrough