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 try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk…

Quote by Raymond Chandler

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So by all means let's have a television show quick and long, even if the...

So by all means let's have a television show quick and long, even if the...

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

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

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

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

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

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

The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of...

The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of...

The streets were dark with something more than night.

The streets were dark with something more than night.

The more you reason the less you create.

The more you reason the less you create.

The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in...

The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in...

It is not a fragrant world.

It is not a fragrant world.

Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical...

Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical...

When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay...

When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay...

That's one thing I like about Hollywood. The writer is there revealed in his ultimate...

That's one thing I like about Hollywood. The writer is there revealed in his ultimate...

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short...

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short...

The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring.

The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring.

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

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

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

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

Common sense always speaks too late. Common sense is the guy who tells you ought...

Common sense always speaks too late. Common sense is the guy who tells you ought...

I regard psychiatry as fifty percent bunk, thirty percent fraud, ten percent parrot talk, and...

I regard psychiatry as fifty percent bunk, thirty percent fraud, ten percent parrot talk, and...

Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help.

Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help.

The science of Psychiatry is now where the science of Medicine was before germs were...

The science of Psychiatry is now where the science of Medicine was before germs were...