“If your writing doesn't keep you up at night, it won't keep anyone else up either”
James M. Cain“I write of the wish that comes true--for some reason, a terrifying thought.”
James M. Cain“I had killed a man, for money and a woman. I didn't have the money and I didn't have the woman.”
James M. Cain, Double Indemnity“Love, when you get fear in it, it's not love any more. It's hate.”
James M. Cain, The Postman Always Rings Twice“You have to wait for your mind to catch up with whatever it is it’s working on”
then you can write a novel.