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"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 expanded on it a great deal, taken it further than any other American novelist."
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"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 expanded on it a great deal, taken it further than any other American novelist."
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"As critical acclaim and response has built up, every interview I give is a chance to puncture the myth I've created about my work and refine it."
Work
"Every one of my books is written from the viewpoint of cops, with the exception of my book Killer on the Road, which is written from the viewpoint of a serial killer."
Books
"Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose."
Politics
"As much as I transferred my mother to Elizabeth Shore of The Black Dahlia, as much as her dad mutated into an obsession with crime in general, well, I have thought about other things throughout the years."
Family
"I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age."
Age
"I want to see these bad, bad, bad, bad men come to grips with their humanity."
Man
"I've been tremendously moved by a bunch of odd books. Ross McDonald is very important to me. I love the Lew Archer books."
Love
"I have a very intense marriage."
Marriage
"Rock and rollers can get you the youth buzz, and younger people are fanatical readers."
People
"I am the most well-adjusted human being I know. I started out this investigation as a very happy man with a great career. I've got the life people dream about: I am rich, I am famous, I've got a fabulous marriage to an absolutely, spell-bindingly brilliant woman."
Life
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