Extended Reading

Chinatown quotes

  • Jake Gittes: There's no point in getting tough with me. I'm just...

    Evelyn Mulwray: I don't get tough with anyone, Mr. Gittes. My lawyer does.

  • Yelburton: After you've worked with a man a certain length of time, you come to know his habits, his values - you come to know him - and either he's the kind who chases after women or he isn't.

    Jake Gittes: Mulwray isn't?

    Yelburton: He never even kids about it.

    Jake Gittes: Well, maybe he takes it very seriously.