The streets were dark with something more than night.

Quote by Raymond Chandler

Topics: Raymond Chandler Quotes

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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except...

An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.

She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.

The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he...

The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he...

A really good detective never gets married.

A really good detective never gets married.

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...