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.
I always find what I want. But when I find it, I don't want it any more. - Raymond Chandler
I always find what I want. But when I find it, I don't want it any more.
- Raymond Chandler
When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it stays split. - Raymond Chandler
When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it stays split.
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. - Raymond Chandler
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.
There are two kinds of truth; The truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The fist of these is science and the second is art. - Raymond Chandler
There are two kinds of truth; The truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The fist of these is science and the second is art.
I'm killing time and it's dying hard. - Raymond Chandler
I'm killing time and it's dying hard.
The faster I write the better my output. If I'm going slow, I'm in trouble. It means I'm pushing the words instead of being pulled by them. - Raymond Chandler
The faster I write the better my output. If I'm going slow, I'm in trouble. It means I'm pushing the words instead of being pulled by them.
Most people go through life using up half their energy trying to protect a dignity they never had - Raymond Chandler
Most people go through life using up half their energy trying to protect a dignity they never had
I'm an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in Singapore with a full beard. - Raymond Chandler
I'm an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in Singapore with a full beard.
If you're not tough it's hard to survive in this world; and if you're not kind then you don't deserve to survive. - Raymond Chandler
If you're not tough it's hard to survive in this world; and if you're not kind then you don't deserve to survive.
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