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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
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Raymond Chandler
Age: 70 †
Born: 1888
Born: July 23
Died: 1959
Died: March 26
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Raymond Thornton Chandler
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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.
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The test of a writer is whether you want to read him again years after he should by the rules be dated.
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A dead man is the best fall guy in the world. He never talks back.
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