Raymond Chandler Quotes
- It is not a fragrant world.
- 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 do a great deal of research - particularly in the apartments of tall blondes.
- The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in…
- She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.
- Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.
- I certainly admire people who do things.
- I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday.
- A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.
- When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.
- A really good detective never gets married.
- Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys…
- He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.
- The more you reason the less you create.
- 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…
- Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl's clothes off.
- 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…
- The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you…
- 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.…
- At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.