Quotes Raymond Chandler

A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled....

A really good detective never gets married....

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determin...

Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is...

An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind...

At least half the mystery novels published violate the law t...

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you c...

Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outs...

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction...

From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 fe...

Good critical writing is measured by the perception and eval...

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice o...

He looked as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of ange...

I certainly admire people who do things....

I do a great deal of research - particularly in the apartmen...

I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday....

I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn't need a g...

I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just ...

If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invit...

It is not a fragrant world....

It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind c...

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest....

She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket....

She jerked away from me like a startled fawn might, if I had...

Television is just one more facet of that considerable segme...