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It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.
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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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But nothing seems to do any good.
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Real cities have something else, some individual bony structure under the muck. Los Angeles has Hollywood -- and hates it. It ought to consider itself damn lucky. Without Hollywood it would be a mail order city. Everything in the catalogue you could get better somewhere else.
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The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in a sense writing for publication.
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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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Some days I feel like playing it smooth. Some days I feel like playing it like a waffle iron.
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I like smooth shiny girls, hardboiled and loaded with sin.
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The more you reason the less you create.
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A good title is the title of a successful book.
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The most durable thing in writing is style, and style is the single most valuable investment a writer can make with his time.
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The actual writing is what you live for. The rest is something you have to get through in order to arrive at the point.
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