“For my money, noir boils down to bleak humanism – or, to put it more plainly: shit options, bad decisions, and dire… — Chris F. Holm Copy Share Image
“It's raining in Washington tonight. Plump, warm summer rain that covers the sidewalks with leopard spots. Downtown, elderly ladies carry their houseplants… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
“His voice was the elaborately casual voice of the tough guy in pictures. Pictures have made them all like that.” — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
“Do you have a first name, Mr. Spenser'?” Jill said. She had a soft girlish voice with just a hint of huskiness… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
“You guys look like you shipped back here in a crate,” Quirk said. “Clothes are fresh from the dryer,” I said. “Just… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
I got into reading a lot of noir and a lot of thrillers as well, and I really admired the plotting about… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
Dastardly devious, cleverly conceived, and just a whole lot of fun to read, DEATH PERCEPTION is Lee Allen Howard on fire and… — Michael Arnzen Copy Share Image
Film noir is not a genre. It is not defined, as are the western and gangster genres, by conventions of setting and… — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
I didn't know I was doing film noir, I thought they were detective stories with low lighting! — Marie Windsor Copy Share Image
“I wasn't that good you know. What I was was a guy who could write a little, publishing in magazines surrounded by… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“The arctic pavement turned into a whirlwind of viscous blood. The fiery shadows on the metropolitan walls blitzed him, avenging overachievers starved… — Bruce Crown Copy Share Image
I wouldn't care to speculate about what it is in Westlake's psyche that makes him so good at writing about Parker, much… — Terry Teachout Copy Share Image
“His fear-inflamed mind sent the control-signal to his finger-joint to fold back. The trigger sliced back. The blast seemed to lift the… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
The noir hero is a knight in blood caked armor. He's dirty and he does his best to deny the fact that… — Frank Miller Copy Share Image
“The remaining chain swung down, he wrenched the door out and he was free. The last thing he heard behind him was… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“Somebody should have taken him to a stationary store and pointed out the difference between an envelope and a whore.” — Richard Brautigan Copy Share Image
“The finest thing in the world is knowing how to belong to oneself. Michel de Montaigne” — Laurie Stevens Copy Share Image
I really got into film noir was when I was supposed to play Orson Welles in a movie. — Jacob Elordi Copy Share Image
“Inevitably, his vision verged toward the fantastic; he published a scattering of stories - most included in this volume - which appeared… — Barry N. Malzberg Copy Share Image
“The echo of the first shot, like the first sip of whiskey, burning...” — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
Drawing Dead is a brilliant noir from one of Australia's most exciting new novelists. — Adrian McKinty Copy Share Image
