Daft: “The Dain Curse” by Dashiell Hammett
(Original Review, 1981-03-08)
"We don't do it that way...You're a storywriter. I can't trust you not to build up on what I tell you. I'll save mine till after you've spoken your piece, so yours won't be twisted to fit mine."
In “The Dain Curse” by Dashiell Hammett
"'Are you -- who make your living snooping -- sneering at my curiosity about people and my attempts to satisfy it?'
'We're different...I do mine with the object of putting people in jail, and I get paid for it, though not as much as I should.'
'That's not different...I do mine with the object of putting people in books, and I get paid for it, though not as much as I should.'"
In “The Dain Curse” by Dashiell Hammett
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