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A good story cannot be devised it has to be distilled.
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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The streets were dark with something more then night.
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I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room.
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One would think a writer would be happy here — if a writer is ever happy anywhere.
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I always find what I want. But when I find it, I don't want it any more.
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It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.
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However toplofty and idealistic a man may be, he can always rationalize his right to earn money.
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Two very simple rules: A. You don't have to write. B. You can't do anything else The rest comes of itself.
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The most durable thing in writing is style. It is a projection of personality and you have to have a personality before you can project it. It is the product of emotion and perception.
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I'm an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in Singapore with a full beard.
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The faster I write the better my output. If I'm going slow, I'm in trouble. It means I'm pushing the words instead of being pulled by them.
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Americans will eat anything if it is toasted and held together with a couple of toothpicks and has lettuce sticking out of the sides, preferably a little wilted.
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A really good detective never gets married.
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Tall, aren't you? I didn't mean to be.
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I sat down on the edge of a deep soft chair and looked at Mrs Regan. She was worth a stare. She was trouble.
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I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn't need a gun, you'd better take one along that worked.
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I have made three rules of writing for myself that are absolutes: Never take advice. Never show or discuss work in progress. Never answer a critic.
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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.
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