Noir Quotes

53 Noir quotes by 41 unique authors

Every novel presents a slice of life. A noir policier for example presents one slice, one that perhaps addresses social dysfunction or some sort of… — Alexander McCall Smith
I'm not Josh Brolin or Ryan Gosling. They're more noir than I. — Anthony Mackie
I grew up on the crime stuff. Spillane, Chandler, Jim Thompson, and noir movies like Fuller, Orson Welles, Fritz Lang. When I first showed up… — Frank Miller
Noir is dead for me because historically, I think it's a simple view. I've taken it as far as it can go. I think I've… — James Ellroy
That was certainly true the first time, when I did Body Heat, the first movie that I directed. I was looking for a vessel to… — Lawrence Kasdan
I don't know anybody who doesn't hate being called alt.country. It just sounds like a website. I don't mind being called Americana, I don't mind… — Neko Case
I was always into noir. When I lived in Vermont I was drawing stuff that looked like an amateur doing Sin City. When I first… — Frank Miller
Horror hostess, bondage goddess, Charles Addams cartoon comes to life, Vampire was every first-generation fanboy's wet dream. Scott Poole takes us on an unforgettable ride… — Sheri Holman
One difference between film noir and more straightforward crime pictures is that noir is more open to human flaws and likes to embed them in… — Roger Ebert
The noir hero is a knight in blood caked armor. He's dirty and he does his best to deny the fact that he's a hero… — Frank Miller
It's a noir world. Unfair things happen. — Rob Thomas
You would kill or enslave everyone? There is so much beauty in the world that they’d destroy. How do you not see it? (Delphine) Spoken… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I so love the smell of hatred and revenge. It’s the headiest of concoctions. (Noir) I personally feel that way toward blood. No better smell… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I pity those born of the lighter side. They have no understanding of how seductive cruelty is. The music made out of screams and pleas… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Are you always this random? (Jericho) Mostly. It really irritates Noir. Which is just an added bonus for me. At least so long as I… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Where are we? (Jericho) Noir’s happy place. It’s where he brings the beings he wants to play with. (Asmodeus) Punish. (Jericho) You say ta-mah-to. I… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
We have certain demons who are motivated by the smell of food. They tend to get rather violent whenever they smell it. I personally wouldn’t… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I can’t believe I was ever stupid enough to trust Noir. Come to the dark side. We have cookies. (Zeth) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
It's tucked away in a quiet corner, shadowed and obscured, no part of the Nightside's usual bright gaudy neon noir. It doesn't advertise and it… — Simon R. Green
I envied women with signature hair-dos, signature perfumes, signature sign-offs. Novelists who tell Vogue Magazine: “I can’t live without my Smythson notebook, Pomegranate Noir cologne… — Emma Forrest
In Greek tragedy, they fall from great heights. In noir, they fall from the curb. — Dennis Lehane
I got into reading a lot of noir and a lot of thrillers as well, and I really admired the plotting about those and the… — Joe Abercrombie
Billy Wilder is really is a heavy influence on Bound. We felt that film noir was a genre where you could create a really contained… — Lana Wachowski
I guess what's most surprised me in most of the reviews is that they don't seem to get the noir story in the dream sequence,… — Brian De Palma
With a genre like film noir, everyone has these assumptions and expectations. And once all of those things are in place, that's when you can… — Larry Wachowski

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