The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring.

Quote by Raymond Chandler

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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 more you reason the less you create

The more you reason the less you create

It is not a fragrant world.

It is not a fragrant world.

A really good detective never gets married.

A really good detective never gets married.

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...

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...

I certainly admire people who do things.

I certainly admire people who do things.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant...

It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant...

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...

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...

Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy...

Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy...

Any biographer must of necessity become a pilgrim a peripatetic, obsessed literary pilgrim, a traveler...

Any biographer must of necessity become a pilgrim a peripatetic, obsessed literary pilgrim, a traveler...