An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence.

Quote by Raymond Chandler

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

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

At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed,...

At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed,...

Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency.

Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency.

It is not a fragrant world.

It is not a fragrant world.

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.

The more you reason the less you create.

The more you reason the less you create.

The creative artist seems to be almost the only kind of man that you could...

The creative artist seems to be almost the only kind of man that you could...

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...

If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Hollywood,...

If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Hollywood,...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday.

I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday.

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...

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

Art Exist for the human species I think that all of the people who love...

Art Exist for the human species I think that all of the people who love...

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality...

Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.

Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.