“One definition of noir is where a not-so-good man or woman tries to to...” — S. J. Rozan Quote

“One definition of noir is where a not-so-good man or woman tries to touch something good - and fails.”

“Chinatown is tremendously interesting... It's a part of the city that hasn't really been explored in crime literature or in any general literature. It's as though Chinatown didn't exist. People write about New York without mentioning Chinatown at all.”

“When a crime is committed, only the victim and the victim's close circle experience the event as pain, terror, death. To people hearing or reading about it, crime is a metaphor, a symbol of the ancient battles fought every day: evil versus good, chaos versus order.”

“My timing and pressure is the definition of MMA.”

“Jesse Helms has historically been identified as an enemy of Mexico; therefore, by definition, anyone who opposes him is a friend of Mexico.”

“In the theater, everything is ephemeral. Everything is almost weightless and without a very clear definition of how you made it.”