Do you have to do murder? Do we have to do murder? Sure we have to do murder. There are only two subjects--a woman's chastity, and murder. Nobody's interested in chastity any more. Murder's all we got to write stories… — Leslie Ford Copy Share Image
Captain Crawford didn't like the idea of any kind of murder, but he went at it patiently and honestly and with none of the stupidity and bombast and rubber-hose techniques that Los Angeles crime fiction writers had led me to… — Leslie Ford Copy Share Image
I suppose it's part of being a good politician to be able to spot the most important men in any group without outside assistance. — Leslie Ford Copy Share Image
There's nothing harder to stop than somebody who wants to believe a miracle. — Leslie Ford Copy Share Image
A city where the Capitol Dome, perforated like a kitchen colander, is the symbol of how secrets are kept. — Leslie Ford Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Kersey had not been questioned at all, as far as I knew. She had the air of someone with a story all made… — Leslie Ford Copy Share Image
It is only fair to admit, however, that my batting average in the crystal ball league is point, zero, zero, zero. — Leslie Ford Copy Share Image
“You can always tell duty. It's what you don't want to do--it's what you fight against inside you. Duty's when you realize how it'll… — Leslie Ford Copy Share Image
If you know the dark, you find it has a light of its own to let you see. — Leslie Ford Copy Share Image
“Lilac makes on occasion a sound between a sniff and a snort that's as damning as all improper words in the language and, like… — Leslie Ford Copy Share Image
“Her Dream Prince, Gee Gee, was, then, and of course still might be, though I'd always thought of a Dream Prince as having more… — Leslie Ford Copy Share Image
“...it's hard to confine an irrational woman in a rational pattern, so I had no idea really what was in her mind.” — Leslie Ford Copy Share Image
The thing about George Barrol is that he's always putting his own and other people's feet into things that had best be left quite… — Leslie Ford Copy Share Image
