--- title: "1 Theater Started Quotes By Ed McBain" description: "1 Theater Started quotes by Ed McBain. Plus more from Ed McBain and more Theater Started sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f1/ed-mcbain-29479_cinema_the-body-lay-outside-an-abandoned-boarde_1077882.jpg" --- > [“The body lay outside an abandoned, boarded-up theater. The theater had started as a first-run movie house, many years back when the neighborhood had still been fashionable. As the neighborhood began rotting, the theater began showing second-run films, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mcbain/the-body-lay-outside-an-abandoned-boarded-up-theater-the-theater-had/) [Ed McBain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-mcbain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f1/ed-mcbain-29479_cinema_the-body-lay-outside-an-abandoned-boarde_1077882.jpg) ## More by Ed McBain > [“Some kid was shoving muggles. Marijuana, Dad. We call it—” “I know the names,” Byrnes said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mcbain/some-kid-was-shoving-muggles-marijuana-dad-we-call-it-i-know-the/) [Ed McBain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-mcbain/) > [“lot of money over”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mcbain/lot-of-money-over/) [Ed McBain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-mcbain/) > [Its a matter of style. The Evan Hunter style and the Ed McBain style are very, very different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mcbain/its-a-matter-of-style-the-evan-hunter-style-and-the-ed-mcbain-style/) [Ed McBain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-mcbain/) > [“Any new corpses today?" "None yet." "Pity. I’m getting so I miss my morning coffee and corpse.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mcbain/any-new-corpses-today-none-yet-pity-i-m-getting-so-i-miss-my-morning/) [Ed McBain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-mcbain/) > [He sees death in the prostitutes who have witnessed the death of honor, and daily multiply the death of love, who bleed away their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mcbain/he-sees-death-in-the-prostitutes-who-have-witnessed-the-death-of/) [Ed McBain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-mcbain/) > [“them perhaps half an hour to finish all they have to do. Alan gets behind the wheel and honks the horn. In the stillness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mcbain/them-perhaps-half-an-hour-to-finish-all-they-have-to-do-alan-gets/) [Ed McBain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-mcbain/) > [“The body lay outside an abandoned, boarded-up theater. The theater had started as a first-run movie house, many years back when the neighborhood had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mcbain/the-body-lay-outside-an-abandoned-boarded-up-theater-the-theater-had/) [Ed McBain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-mcbain/) > [We need leaders who can reflect theologically and help develop more robust thinking that understands how context affects our understanding of God, humankind, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mcbain/we-need-leaders-who-can-reflect-theologically-and-help-develop-more/) [Ed McBain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-mcbain/) > [The world is made of stairs, and there are those who go up and those who go down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mcbain/the-world-is-made-of-stairs-and-there-are-those-who-go-up-and-those/) [Ed McBain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-mcbain/) > [Palestinian believers have a unique experience with US foreign policy and our close ties with Israel. This alliance has many layers, but given the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mcbain/palestinian-believers-have-a-unique-experience-with-us-foreign-policy/) [Ed McBain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-mcbain/) > [McKinty is an exciting new talent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mcbain/mckinty-is-an-exciting-new-talent/) [Ed McBain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-mcbain/) > [The rise of the prosperity gospel is one of the great challenges to the true message of Jesus Christ. While not an expressly Western…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mcbain/the-rise-of-the-prosperity-gospel-is-one-of-the-great-challenges-to/) [Ed McBain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-mcbain/) > [Formal theological teaching in Africa is deeply rooted in the Western missionary movement . However, in practice, the church wrestles with how to bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mcbain/formal-theological-teaching-in-africa-is-deeply-rooted-in-the-western/) [Ed McBain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-mcbain/) > [We need voices that help us critique our social, political, and economic views through Kingdom lenses. The women and men who compose the global…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mcbain/we-need-voices-that-help-us-critique-our-social-political-and/) [Ed McBain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-mcbain/) > [In conversations and visits with friends from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe I am often struck by the gaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mcbain/in-conversations-and-visits-with-friends-from-africa-asia-latin/) [Ed McBain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-mcbain/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theater-started/ed-mcbain/#itemlist", "name": "1 Theater Started Quotes By Ed McBain", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The body lay outside an abandoned, boarded-up theater. 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