From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away.

Quote by Raymond Chandler

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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 more you reason the less you create.

The more you reason the less you create.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

The streets were dark with something more than night.

The streets were dark with something more than night.

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

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

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...

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 you liked a book, don't meet the author

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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.