Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.

Quote by Raymond Chandler

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The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he...

The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

I certainly admire people who do things.

I certainly admire people who do things.

The streets were dark with something more than night.

The streets were dark with something more than night.

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...

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...

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...

Its idea of ''production value'' is spending a million dollars dressing up a story that...

Its idea of ''production value'' is spending a million dollars dressing up a story that...

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,...

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...

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...

The moment a man begins to talk about technique that's proof that he is fresh...

The moment a man begins to talk about technique that's proof that he is fresh...

I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday.

I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday.

I sometimes think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability

I sometimes think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability

When your consciousness becomes a still mirror, a still lake, a silent reservoir of energy,...

When your consciousness becomes a still mirror, a still lake, a silent reservoir of energy,...