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
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
