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When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.
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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There are no vital and significant forms of art there is only art, and precious little of that.
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It was a smooth silvery voice that matched her hair. It had a tiny tinkle in it, like bells in a doll's house. I thought that was silly as soon as I thought of it.
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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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When the plot flags, bring in a man with a gun.
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Great critics, of whom there are piteously few, build a home for the truth.
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She smelled the way the Taj Mahal looks by moonlight.
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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 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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Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of the critic.
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You're broke, eh? I been shaking two nickels together for a month, trying to get them to mate.
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All reading for pleasure is entertainment.
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A dead man is the best fall guy in the world. He never talks back.
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A real gimlet is half gin and half Rose's lime juice and nothing else.
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The best way to find out if you have any friends is to go broke. The ones that hang on longest are your friends. I don't mean the ones that hang on forever. There aren't any of those.
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Show me a man or woman who cannot stand mysteries and I will show you a fool, a clever fool - perhaps - but a fool just the same.
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When a book, any sort of book, reaches a certain intensity of artistic performance, it becomes literature. That intensity may be a matter of style, situation, character, emotional tone, or idea, or half a dozen other things. It may also be a perfection of control over the movement of a story similar to the control a great pitcher has over the ball.
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The coffee shop smell was strong enough to build a garage on.
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Some days I feel like playing it smooth. Some days I feel like playing it like a waffle iron.
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The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk business.
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