The Big Bamboo Quotes

“She knew my buttons and kept pressing them like an epileptic in an arcade. If it’s any consolation, I gave her fair warning.” “Oh, my God!”
― Tim Dorsey, The Big Bamboo

“outside the Vistamax gates, where a well-attended candlelight vigil lasted past midnight and featured touching performances by many top musicians on the vigil circuit. While few of the mourners actually knew Street, most whom we spoke with said “we felt as though we knew her” or “we wished we had known her” or “how’d you like that notepad shoved up your ass?”
― Tim Dorsey, The Big Bamboo

“The trades consistently described Street’s rise to fame as meteoric, even though meteors actually fall.”
― Tim Dorsey, The Big Bamboo

“authorities. The brothers considered themselves fair men.”
― Tim Dorsey, The Big Bamboo

“They’re too busy figuring out who they’re going to nail,” said Mark, turning toward the loudest section of the party, where bookend vixens were fighting off all comers to stay attached to the Glicks’ arms. The competition was fierce, despite—and because of—the brothers’ reputation for spiking drinks and tag-teaming unconscious ingenues, who landed juicy movie roles in exchange for not going to the authorities.”
― Tim Dorsey, The Big Bamboo

“Serge slammed the phone down. “All the women in my life! You try to be polite, but they still talk to you.”
― Tim Dorsey, The Big Bamboo

“I’m an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in Singapore with a full beard.”
― Tim Dorsey, The Big Bamboo

“The best life is when your dreams come true. The second best is when they don’t, but you never stop chasing.”
― Tim Dorsey, The Big Bamboo