The hallmark of Gorman's style is the utter simplicity and clarity of his language. Straightforward prose is the hallmark of his moral universe. More
Tense existential snapshots of sudden violence. More
"David Goodis didn't write novels, he wrote suicide notes."
— Ed Gorman
"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.... More
"There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education." — Will Rogers... More
"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa... More
"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." —Woody Allen... More
"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein... More
