Adrienne Fromsett: [on Marlowe's submission] I plan to slash the emotion right out of that story.

- Audrey Totter (as Adrienne Fromsett) in Lady in the Lake (1947)

Adrienne Fromsett: [reminiscing on her early career, to Marlowe] If all the malted milks I served were laid end to end...

- Audrey Totter (as Adrienne Fromsett) in Lady in the Lake (1947)

Adrienne Fromsett: [to Marlowe] I want to be your girl, that's what I want for Christmas.

- Audrey Totter (as Adrienne Fromsett) in Lady in the Lake (1947)

Adrienne Fromsett: [to Marlowe] Perhaps you'd better go home and play with your fingerprint collection.

- Audrey Totter (as Adrienne Fromsett) in Lady in the Lake (1947)

Adrienne Fromsett: People who write usually don't know the facts, and people who know the facts usually can't write. Authenticity has very little to do with it. If people who read our magazines knew the facts of life, they wouldn't be reading our magazines.

- Audrey Totter (as Adrienne Fromsett) in Lady in the Lake (1947)

Lt. DeGarmot: [learns Marlowe is writing fiction] What are you trying to do, elevate yourself?

- Lloyd Nolan (as Lt. DeGarmot) in Lady in the Lake (1947)