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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.
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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When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it stays split.
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LA doesn't have the heart of a paper cup.
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The truth of art keeps science from becoming inhuman, and the truth of science keeps art from becoming ridiculous.
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The keynote of American civilization is a sort of warm-hearted vulgarity. The Americans have none of the irony of the English, none of their cool poise, none of their manner. But they do have friendliness. Where an Englishman would give you his card, an American would very likely give you his shirt.
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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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I'm killing time and it's dying hard.
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I do a great deal of research, especially in the apartments of tall blondes.
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A good story cannot be devised it has to be distilled.
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A nice state of affairs when a man has to indulge his vices by proxy.
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Police business is a hell of a problem. It's a good deal like politics. It asks for the highest type of men, and there's nothing in it to attract the highest type of men.
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They don't want you until you have made a name, and by the time you have made a name, you have developed some kind of talent they can't use. All they will do is spoil it, if you let them.
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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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An artist cannot deny art, nor would he want to. A lover cannot deny love.
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A good title is the title of a successful book.
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California, the department-store state. The most of everything and the best of nothing.
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You can have a hangover from other things than alcohol. I had one from women.
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I'm all done with hating you. It's all washed out of me. I hate people hard, but I don't hate them very long.
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It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.
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Down these mean streets a man must go who is neither tarnished nor afraid
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Your rat tail is all the fashion now. I prefer a bushy plume, carried straight up. You are Siamese and your ancestors lived in trees. Mine lived in palaces. It has been suggested to me that I am a bit of a snob. How true! I prefer to be.
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