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

Quote by Raymond Chandler

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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 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 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...

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,...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

It is not a fragrant world.

It is not a fragrant world.

The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in...

The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in...

The more you reason the less you create

The more you reason the less you create

The streets were dark with something more than night.

The streets were dark with something more than night.

I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday.

I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday.

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

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

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...

I don't know if I want to go to New York. They'll have to pay...

I don't know if I want to go to New York. They'll have to pay...

Money, you have lots of friends hanging round the door. When it's gone and the...

Money, you have lots of friends hanging round the door. When it's gone and the...

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals...

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals...