Quotes by Dashiell Hammett

Explore a curated collection of 5 quotes by Dashiell Hammett. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

If you have a story that seems worth telling, and you think you can tell it worthily, then the thing for you to do is to — Dashiell Hammett
I found I was repeating myself. It is the beginning of the end when you discover you have style. — Dashiell Hammett
I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of. — Dashiell Hammett
I just tell you what happens. I don't explain it. — Dashiell Hammett
He was the perfect soldier: he went where you sent him, and stayed where you put him, and had no idea of his own to keep — Dashiell Hammett