James M. Cain Quotes

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

You have to wait for your mind to catch up with whatever it is it’s working on; then you can write a novel.

Love, when you get fear in it, it's not love any more. It's hate.

That's all it takes, one drop of fear to curdle love into hate.

I had done all that for her, and I never wanted to see her again as long as I lived.
That's all it takes, one drop of fear, to curdle love into hate.

I had killed a man, for money and a woman. I didn't have the money and I didn't have the woman.