–Are you a stable sister? –No. –You mean to tell me that man isn’t your pimp? I’m gonna have to shut you out, Bobby. I’m interested in a piece of hardware, like a grease gun. It is not routine, Jake, goddamn it, if the boss says forget it! Jake, I got a report from the … Read more
(talking about the pot she just sold) This stuff had so much resin it made your lips stick together… –I feel like Nick and Nora. –Who? –You know, The Thin Man. Phyllis Kirk and Peter Lawford. –Listen, sweetheart, you’re talking to Ira Wells, not some low-rent gumshoe. I’m the best, and I get paid like … Read more
–I have another game to suggest instead. I know a game I always win. –If you can’t lose it’s not a game. –I can lose. But I always win. All you have to do is take an uneven number. I think this game’s silly. It’s the one who goes first who loses. Once again everything … Read more