[Seaplaner]

I sometimes listen to old radio broadcasts on Siriusxm, and I can always tell if it's a Damon Runyan script...

...no contractions in the dialog. (And often, quite entertaining.)

[diogenes ghost]

Many of his stories centered on horse racing touts, and the tout always would say "and a story goes with it".

One of his best was "Little Miss Marker", which was made into a movie with a very young Shirley Temple.

The quality of Runyan's writing made it suitable for print, radio, TV and movies. Good writing is hard to find, harder to forget.