Adam quoted The Seventh by Richard Stark (Parker (7))
Sometimes it was a bad thing to be devoid of small talk. If he'd had meaningless little conversations with her the last few weeks he might have learned something he could use now. But Parker couldn't stand meaningless conversations, couldn't think of anything to say or any reason to say it.
— The Seventh by Donald E. Westlake, Richard Stark (Parker (7)) (Page 73)
Maybe I should've been a master criminal.