A really good detective never gets married.

Quote by Raymond Chandler

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

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

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...

The English may not always be the best writers in the world, but they are...

The English may not always be the best writers in the world, but they are...

The more you reason the less you create

The more you reason the less you create

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

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

The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right...

The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right...

Woe, woe, woe... in a little while we shall all be dead. Therefore let us...

Woe, woe, woe... in a little while we shall all be dead. Therefore let us...

The streets were dark with something more than night.

The streets were dark with something more than night.

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.

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

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

Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never...

Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never...

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...

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

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

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...

When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his...

When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his...

The overall picture, as the boys say, is of a degraded community whose idealism even...

The overall picture, as the boys say, is of a degraded community whose idealism even...

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...

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...

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...

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.