Donald E. Westlake Quotes

I dished out and suffered my fair share of bloody noses.

Never slap a man who is chewing tobacco.

I half-punched a paparazzo once. I've hit a few people.

I've never hit anybody who hasn't clocked me two or three times.

Several witnesses describe seeing an altercation in the car between Mr. Brown and Officer Wilson. It was described as wrestling, tug-of-war. Several other witnesses described Mr. Brown as punching Officer Wilson while Mr. Brown was partially inside the vehicle.

My own father used to boast to me of biting off a man's ear in a street fight.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

I got kicked out of a club for sticking up for my sister. And I got into a fight that was basically hair pulling and rolling around on the gym floor. The fights make me sound like a hell-raiser, but I'm not proud of them.

I like seeing girls throw down.

It's been so long since I was in a real fight.

I have just come from a couple of raids, where we had a very lively time, and some of them had to pull their guns. I found it necessary to punch a few sports myself.

… a knife fight

Female violence is a specific brand of ferocity. It's invasive. A girlfight is all teeth and hair, spit and nails - a much more fearsome thing to watch than two dudes clobbering each other.

It's wonderful to see a young lady headbutt somebody and kick somebody's face.

Have you ever seen me knock somebody out and make a big scene? Hell no.

This bloke in Rome once took his camera off and cracked me round the head with it, and I'm bleeding. He was a bit bigger than me, the Italian photographer, but I thought, 'I can't back down now,' so I sort of squared up to him. Luckily, my mate jumped round and bit him on the neck.

Punch me in the face, I'll punch you twice as hard.

Dre is one of those guys that doesn't mind fighting at the drop of a hat.

I'm gonna knock people out.

When a bully pulls your hair, you punch him in the face.

I'm not a sock-em, rock-em type of guy.

I lost six months of work due to throwing open punches and took a punch on the chin.

I JUST GOT THE CRAP BEAT OUTTA ME!!!

I'd love to spit some Beechnut in that dude's eye and shoot him with my ole forty-five.

That's what happens when bodies start slapping.