Manhattan Noir Quotes

“I wouldn't presume to define noir - if we could define it, we wouldn't need to use a French word for it - but it seems to me it's more a way of looking at the world than what one sees.”
― Lawrence Block, Manhattan Noir

“The short story, I should point out, is perforce a labor of love in today's literary world; there's precious little economic incentive to write one...”
― Lawrence Block, Manhattan Noir