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The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in a sense writing for publication.
Raymond Chandler
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Raymond Chandler
Age: 70 †
Born: 1888
Born: July 23
Died: 1959
Died: March 26
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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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The girl gave him a look which ought to have stuck at least four inches out of his back.
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Great critics, of whom there are piteously few, build a home for the truth.
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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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Nice: meaning I'm going to be dating leather-wearing alcoholics and complaining about them - to you.
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As honest as you could expect a man to be in a world where it's out of style.
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