77 ordspråk av Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler föddes den
23 juli 1888 och dog den 26 maart
1959 - author of detective fiction.
Mer info via Google eller Bing. Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say
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From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away.
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Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of the critic.
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Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of the critic.
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He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food
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However toplofty and idealistic a man may be, he can always rationalize his right to earn money.
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I do a great deal of research - particularly in the apartments of tall blondes
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I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday.
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I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn't need a gun, you'd better take one along that worked.
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I regard psychiatry as fifty percent bunk, thirty percent fraud, ten percent parrot talk, and the remaining ten percent just a fancy lingo for the common sense we have had for hundreds and perhaps thousands of years, if we ever had the guts to read i
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I said something which gave you to think I hated cats. But gad, sir, I am one of the most fanatical cat lovers in the business. If you hate them, I may learn to hate you. If your allergies hate them, I will tolerate the situation to the best of my ability.
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I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won't let himself get snotty about it.
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I've found that there are only two kinds that are any good: slang that has established itself in the language, and slang that you make up yourself. Everything else is apt to be passé before it gets into print.
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If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better, I should not have come.
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If you liked a book, don't meet the author
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