“Driving is so dangerous I haven't got the guts to do it sober.” — Joseph Hansen Dangerous Copy Share Image
“It's a four-letter word for a part of the human anatomy but it's not m-i-n-d.” — Joseph Hansen Anatomy Copy Share Image
“When people run out of probable things to do, they do improbable things.” — Joseph Hansen Human nature Copy Share Image
“You're a little short on self-awareness. People who are always exacting right behaviour from other people tend to be that way.” — Joseph Hansen Behaviour Copy Share Image
“Five, six, seven eight-," Cecil grinned. "-Gay is just as good as straight," Dave said.” — Joseph Hansen Humour Copy Share Image
“Something had offended her and failed to apologize. Not lately-long ago. Life probably.” — Joseph Hansen Apologize Copy Share Image
“You know what kind of a man Lonny Tooker is? The kind of a man that sets broken bird's wings." "Hitler loved… — Joseph Hansen Hitler Copy Share Image
“Don't forget, and don't let your reader forget, that the small world in which you have held him for the last hour… — Joseph Hansen Books Copy Share Image
“I told myself all that's wrong with us is misunderstanding. That's not good, but it's not the worst. The worst is not… — Joseph Hansen Misunderstanding Copy Share Image
“Los Angeles didn't get like this often. He hated it when it did. And this time it was holding on. It had… — Joseph Hansen Los angeles Copy Share Image
“Cecil reached for Dave, but Dave stepped back. "Dave, why are you doing this? You're not getting paid. Lovejoy called you off… — Joseph Hansen Dave-brandstetter Copy Share Image
“He put out a hand for Dave to shake. "You're the only new friend of Tom's I've met. And you're just what… — Joseph Hansen Taylor Said Copy Share Image
“She was sad and lost and alone in the dark," Cecil said. "She needed somebody to hold her." "And you think she's… — Joseph Hansen Alone in the dark Copy Share Image
“It seems important to me that beginning writers ponder this—that since 1964, I have never had a book, story or poem rejected… — Joseph Hansen Beginning writers Copy Share Image
“Guns are for television actors," Dave said. "Not real people. The wrong ones always get hurt.” — Joseph Hansen Guns Copy Share Image
“Windows were broken. Where not broken they were boarded up, had been for years: the rust from nailheads had written long, sad… — Joseph Hansen Copy Share Image
“The waterwheel was twice a man’s height, wider than a man’s two stretched arms. The timbers, braced and bolted with rusty iron… — Joseph Hansen Atmosphere Copy Share Image
“And you never even reported it. You should have reported it. I could have took fingerprints. I'd love to lock up them… — Joseph Hansen Dave-brandstetter Copy Share Image
“In twenty years you could say and do a lot you wish you hadn't. In twenty years you could store up a… — Joseph Hansen Death of a loved one Copy Share Image
