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Raymond Chandler Quotes

Raymond Chandler quotes

American Writer July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959

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Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say. Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler quote: "The coffee shop smell was strong enough to build a garage on."
The coffee shop smell was strong enough to build a garage on. Raymond Chandler
There's always something to do if you don't have to work or consider the cost. It's no real fun but the rich don't know that. They never had any. They never want anything very hard except maybe somebody else's wife and that's a pretty pale desire compared with the way a plumber's wife wants new curtains for the living room. Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler quote: "I hung up. It was a good start, but it didn’t go far enough. I..."
I hung up. It was a good start, but it didn’t go far enough. I ought to have locked the door and hidden under the desk. Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler quote: "Technique alone is never enough. You have to have passion...."
Technique alone is never enough. You have to have passion. Technique alone is just an embroidered potholder. Raymond Chandler
I merely say that all reading for pleasure is escape, whether it be Greek, mathematics, astronomy, Benedetto Croce, or The Diary of the Forgotten Man. To say otherwise is to be an intellectual snob, and a juvenile at the art of living. Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler quote: "She bent over me again. Blood began to move around in me,..."
She bent over me again. Blood began to move around in me, like a prospective tenant looking over a house. Raymond Chandler
I looked down at the chessboard. The move with the knight was wrong. I put it back where I had moved it from. Knights had no meaning in this game. It wasn't a game for knights. Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler quote: "There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that..."
There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others. Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler quote: "A really good detective never gets married."
A really good detective never gets married. Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler quote: "A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled."
A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled. Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler quote: "Mostly I just kill time," he said, "and it dies hard."
Mostly I just kill time," he said, "and it dies hard. Raymond Chandler
I don't mind your showing me your legs. They're very swell legs and it's a pleasure to make their acquaintace. I don't mind if you don't like my manners. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter nights. Raymond Chandler
I got down off the stool and stood waiting. She might or might not blow me down. I didn't particularly care. Once in a while in this much too sex-conscious country a man and a woman can meet and talk without dragging bedrooms into it. This could be it, or she could just think I was on the make. If so, the hell with her. Raymond Chandler
Ohls showed the motor-cycle officer his badge and we went out on the pier, into a loud fish smell which one night’s hard rain hadn’t even dented. Raymond Chandler

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