84 Quotes About Hard-boiled

Miss Leary, do you mean to insinuate that I should go encouraging homo-sex-uality amongst these corpses?

A man once told me that you step out of your door in the morning, and you are already in trouble. The only question is, are you on top of that trouble or not?

I needed a drink. I needed a lot of life insurance. I needed a vacation. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun.

If you're getting paid to write, there's no such thing as writer's block. It's your job - you need to put food on the table.

What I'm trying to do is save your ass, gorgeous.

The noise of horns and radios and shouted insults was part of the soundtrack of the capital (Hard-boiled P.I. Casta, on Rome, Italy)

...they were no more than steaks served up to portly politicians who controlled the personnel departments of the TV stations. (Showgirls in Italy)

She knew how much I needed her. And now she was teasing, playing games. I looked at her and watched her turn into a sex symbol in front of my eyes. She did not look sweet and virginal and lovely anymore. I looked at the very simple summer dress and saw breasts and belly and hips. I looked at her eyes and saw lust as naked as my own.

To catch the bad guys, you've got to think like a bad guy - and that's why all the best detectives have a dark side...