Leigh Brackett

Leigh Brackett

Leigh Douglass Brackett (December 7, 1915 – March 18, 1978) was an American author, particularly of science fiction. She was also a screenwriter, known for her work on famous films such as The Big Sleep (1945), Rio Bravo (1959), The Long Goodbye (1973) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980).

Read more about Leigh Brackett:  Life

Famous quotes by leigh brackett:

    J.P. Harrah: What the hell are you doin’ here?
    Cole: I’m lookin’ at a tin star with a drunk pinned on it.
    Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)

    You know I’d a shot her when she come runnin’ up here, but she’s got the blame best lookin’ legs I ever seen.... Well, I’ll be a suck egg mule—legs like that and can shoot too.
    Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)

    The Force is with you, young Skywalker, but you are not a Jedi yet.
    Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)

    Her I love. You I don’t even like.
    Leigh Brackett, U.S. screenwriter, and Robert Altman. Marty Augustine (Mark Rydell)

    I’d just as soon kiss a wookie.
    Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)