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Raymond Chandler föddes den July 23rd 1888 och dog den 26 March 1959 - author of detective fiction.
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 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

 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.

 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.

 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.

 He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food

 However toplofty and idealistic a man may be, he can always rationalize his right to earn money.

 I do a great deal of research - particularly in the apartments of tall blondes

 I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday.

 I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn't need a gun, you'd better take one along that worked.

 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

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 If you liked a book, don't meet the author


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