The English may not always be the best writers in the world, but they are incomparably the best dull writers.

Quote by Raymond Chandler

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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...

The streets were dark with something more than night.

The streets were dark with something more than night.

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...

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...

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...

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...

At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed,...

At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed,...

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...

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 moment a man begins to talk about technique that's proof that he is fresh...

The moment a man begins to talk about technique that's proof that he is fresh...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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.

A really good detective never gets married.

A really good detective never gets married.

When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay...

When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay...

From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away...

From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away...

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.

The more you reason the less you create.

The more you reason the less you create.