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

Quote by Raymond Chandler

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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

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 guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday.

I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday.

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...

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...

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.

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 more you reason the less you create

The more you reason the less you create

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...

I certainly admire people who do things.

I certainly admire people who do things.

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...

Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as...

Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as...

Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have...

Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have...