I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn't need a gun, you'd better take one along that worked.

Quote by Raymond Chandler

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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.

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...

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

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...

Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency.

Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little...

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little...

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...

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 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 you liked a book, don't meet the author

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

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.

A really good detective never gets married.

A really good detective never gets married.

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

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