Josh Pachter > Quotes

“I find it unsettling enough that listeners record concert performances, making permanent what was supposed to be a transitory experience.”
― Josh Pachter, The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe: Parodies and Pastiches Featuring the Great Detective of West 35th Street

“Everybody wants to forget about the writer,” Philip Perigord said, helping himself to more eggnog. “At the Oscars each year, some ninny intones ‘In the beginning was the Word’ before he hands out the screenwriting awards. And you hear the usual crap about how they owe it all to chaps like me who put words in their mouths. They say it, but nobody believes it. Jack Warner called us schmucks with Underwoods. Well, we’ve come a long way. Now we’re”
― Josh Pachter, The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe: Parodies and Pastiches Featuring the Great Detective of West 35th Street

“Murder in Pastiche”
― Josh Pachter, The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe: Parodies and Pastiches Featuring the Great Detective of West 35th Street

“Phooey!” Wolfe says, “Pfui,” but his disciple can’t pronounce the labial without spraying.”
― Josh Pachter, The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe: Parodies and Pastiches Featuring the Great Detective of West 35th Street

“Or that my puerile assistant here, doddering on the edge of caducity, could—” “Hey,” I said.”
― Josh Pachter, The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe: Parodies and Pastiches Featuring the Great Detective of West 35th Street

“These days,” he grunted, “you can’t tell Schlitz from Shinola.”
― Josh Pachter, The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe: Parodies and Pastiches Featuring the Great Detective of West 35th Street