Famous quotes containing the word hecht:
“The coltish horseplay of the locker room,
Moist with steam of the tiled shower stalls,”
—Anthony Hecht (b. 1923)
“I spent my life mixin’ with your breed, and I don’t like it. Get me. You can hide behind a lot of red tape, crooked lawyers and politicians with the gimmes, writs of habeas corpus, witnesses that don’t remember overnight, but we’ll get through to you, just like we got all the rest.”
—Ben Hecht (1893–1964)
“I see a lot of fog and a few lights. I like it when life’s hidden. It gives you a chance to imagine nice things, nicer than they are.”
—Ben Hecht (1893–1964)