Noir Quotes

53 quotes by 42 authors

No viticultural region in America has demonstrated as much progress in quality and potential for greatness as... the Santa Barbara region, where the Burgundian varietals… — Robert M. Parker, Jr.
As the tall dark and handsome male star, Carey Grant always stands for male beauty and desirability, whether in a 30s screwball, a 40s film… — Steven A. Cohen
I think the original Matrix was really incredible. It was so original and it did so many innovative things with film. It was a much… — Gina Gershon
I wouldn't care to speculate about what it is in Westlake's psyche that makes him so good at writing about Parker, much less what it… — Terry Teachout
I always find myself gravitating to the analogy of a maze. Think of film noir and if you picture the story as a maze, you… — Christopher Nolan
Yes, to me that's one of the most compelling fears in film noir and the psychological thriller genre - that fear of conspiracy. It's definitely… — Christopher Nolan
That's what noir feels like to me. It feels like some kind of recurring dream, with very strong archetypes operating. You know, the guilty girl… — Brian De Palma
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
I am grateful for what I call well-spent moments: Making a tuna fish sandwich with the works. Taking at least a half hour to eat… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
When I pair food and wine, I start with the food. If I have a beautiful roasted bird, I might choose a Cabernet or Pinot… — Jacques Pepin
I'm a huge fan of Cabernet and Bordeaux, and am passionate about Pinot Noir and Burgundies. — Raymond E. Feist
Robert Pattinson has the face of a film-noir dupe. It's a face that is searching and open and kind. It's a face that a certain… — Wesley Morris
I wouldn't presume to define noir - if we could define it, we wouldn't need to use a French word for it - but it… — Lawrence Block
When I was making these damned pictures, I never knew about film noir. If you had asked me about it then, I probably would have… — Samuel Fuller
Like art, love, and pornography, noir is hard to define, but you know it when you see it. For the purposes of the book and… — Otto Penzler
There were some things that I found I really enjoyed singing about; like, on the title track, there's this film-noir character of a woman who's… — Diana Krall
Her cooking suggested she had attended the Cordon Noir. — Leo Rosten
God made Cabernet Sauvignon, whereas the Devil made Pinot Noir. — Andre Tchelistcheff
Flawed characters... a ticking clock... morally questionable acts on all sides... moody, evocative art... oh yeah, this the stuff crime noir fans love! — Christos Gage
CEREMONY OF FLIES hits the road like a nitrous-fueled GTO...and then pulls the ultimate stunt of getting better. What starts as a deceptively simple hard-boiled… — Lisa Morton

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