Writing a novel is like working on foreign policy. There are problems to be solved. It's not all inspirational.

- James M. Cain

I write of the wish that comes true--for some reason, a terrifying thought.

- James M. Cain

I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called. I merely try to write as the character wou…

- James M. Cain

If your writing doesn`t keep you up at night, it won`t keep anyone else up either".

- James M. Cain

If you have to do it, you can do it.

- James M. Cain

The hand that holds the money cracks the whip.

- James M. Cain

You usually can tell when a writer is going down hill by the size of his liquor bill.

- James M. Cain

I loved her like a rabbit loves a rattlesnake

- James M. Cain

Time is the only critic.

- James M. Cain