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. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say.

Quote by Raymond Chandler

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

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

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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

It is not a fragrant world.

It is not a fragrant world.

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.

I do a great deal of research - particularly in the apartments of tall blondes.

I do a great deal of research - particularly in the apartments of tall blondes.

A really good detective never gets married.

A really good detective never gets married.

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...

From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away...

From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away...

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...

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

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

I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday.

I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday.

I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent...

I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent...

A man does not serve God when he prays, for it is himself he is...

A man does not serve God when he prays, for it is himself he is...