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I suppose all writers are crazy, but if they are any good, I believe they have a terrible honesty.

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Raymond Chandler
Age: 70 †
Born: 1888
Born: July 23
Died: 1959
Died: March 26
Novelist
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Screenwriter
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Chicago
Illinois
Raymond Thornton Chandler
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As it is she will probably turn out to be one of these acid-faced virgins that sit behind little desks in public libraries and stamp dates in books.
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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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