If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better, I should not have come.

Quote by Raymond Chandler

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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 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 more you reason the less you create.

The more you reason the less you create.

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...

A really good detective never gets married.

A really good detective never gets married.

It is not a fragrant world.

It is not a fragrant world.

Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical...

Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical...

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 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 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.

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

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

I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn't need a gun, you'd...

I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn't need a gun, you'd...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short...

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short...