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Raymond Chandler Quotes

Without magic, there is no art. Without art, there is no idealism. Without idealism, there is no integrity. Without integrity, there is nothing but production Picture Quote #1

The girl gave him a look which ought to have stuck at least four inches out of his back Picture Quote #1

He was a guy who talked with commas, like a heavy novel. Over the phone anyway Picture Quote #1

I looked down at the chessboard. The move with the knight was wrong. I put it back where I had moved it from. Knights had no meaning in this game. It wasn’t a game for knights Picture Quote #1

I hung up. It was a good start, but it didn’t go far enough. I ought to have locked the door and hidden under the desk Picture Quote #1

As honest as you can expect a man to be in a world where its going out of style Picture Quote #1

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A writer who is afraid to overreach himself is as useless as a general who is afraid to be wrong Picture Quote #1

There are no vital and significant forms of art; there is only art, and precious little of that Picture Quote #1

All language begins with speech, and the speech of common men at that, but when it develops to the point of becoming a literary medium it only looks like speech Picture Quote #1

All men who read escape from something else into what lies behind the printed page; the quality of the dream may be argued, but its release has become a functional necessity Picture Quote #1

And the commercials would have sickened a goat raised on barbed wire and broken beer bottles Picture Quote #1

The most durable thing in writing is style, and style is the single most valuable investment a writer can make with his time Picture Quote #1

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A man who drinks too much on occasion is still the same man as he was sober. An alcoholic, a real alcoholic, is not the same man at all. You can’t predict anything about him for sure except that he will be someone you never met before Picture Quote #1

I’m in a wild mood tonight. I want to go dance in the foam. I hear the banshees calling Picture Quote #1

She lowered her lashes until they almost cuddled her cheeks and slowly raised them again, like a theatre curtain. I was to get to know that trick. That was supposed to make me roll over on my back with all four paws in the air Picture Quote #1

Neither of the two people in the room paid any attention to the way I came in, although only one of them was dead Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The faster I write the better my output. If I’m going slow, I’m in trouble. It means I’m pushing the words instead of being pulled by them Picture Quote #1

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Don’t ever write anything you don’t like yourself and if you do like it, don’t take anyone’s advice about changing it. They just don’t know Picture Quote #1

The actual writing is what you live for. The rest is something you have to get through in order to arrive at the point Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Under the thinning fog the surf curled and creamed, almost without sound, like a thought trying to form inself on the edge of consciousness Picture Quote #1

Some days I feel like playing it smooth. Some days I feel like playing it like a waffle iron Picture Quote #1

Americans will eat anything if it is toasted and held together with a couple of toothpicks and has lettuce sticking out of the sides, preferably a little wilted Picture Quote #1

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If I wasn’t hard, I wouldn’t be alive. If I couldn’t ever be gentle, I wouldn’t deserve to be alive Picture Quote #1

She bent over me again. Blood began to move around in me, like a prospective tenant looking over a house Picture Quote #1

I had a funny feeling as I saw the house disappear, as though I had written a poem and it was very good and I had lost it and would never remember it again Picture Quote #1

He sounded like a man who had slept well and didn’t owe too much money Picture Quote #1

There was a sad fellow over on a bar stool talking to the bartender, who was polishing a glass and listening with that plastic smile people wear when they are trying not to scream Picture Quote #1

Most people go through life using up half their energy trying to protect a dignity they never had Picture Quote #1

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Without magic, there is no art. Without art, there is no idealism. Without idealism, there is no integrity. Without integrity, there is nothing but production (Raymond Chandler Quotes) The girl gave him a look which ought to have stuck at least four inches out of his back (Raymond Chandler Quotes) He was a guy who talked with commas, like a heavy novel. Over the phone anyway (Raymond Chandler Quotes) I looked down at the chessboard. The move with the knight was wrong. I put it back where I had moved it from. Knights had no meaning in this game. It wasn’t a game for knights (Raymond Chandler Quotes) I hung up. It was a good start, but it didn’t go far enough. I ought to have locked the door and hidden under the desk (Raymond Chandler Quotes) As honest as you can expect a man to be in a world where its going out of style (Raymond Chandler Quotes) A writer who is afraid to overreach himself is as useless as a general who is afraid to be wrong (Raymond Chandler Quotes) There are no vital and significant forms of art; there is only art, and precious little of that (Raymond Chandler Quotes) All language begins with speech, and the speech of common men at that, but when it develops to the point of becoming a literary medium it only looks like speech (Raymond Chandler Quotes) All men who read escape from something else into what lies behind the printed page; the quality of the dream may be argued, but its release has become a functional necessity (Raymond Chandler Quotes) And the commercials would have sickened a goat raised on barbed wire and broken beer bottles (Raymond Chandler Quotes) The most durable thing in writing is style, and style is the single most valuable investment a writer can make with his time (Raymond Chandler Quotes) A man who drinks too much on occasion is still the same man as he was sober. An alcoholic, a real alcoholic, is not the same man at all. You can’t predict anything about him for sure except that he will be someone you never met before (Raymond Chandler Quotes) I’m in a wild mood tonight. I want to go dance in the foam. I hear the banshees calling (Raymond Chandler Quotes) She lowered her lashes until they almost cuddled her cheeks and slowly raised them again, like a theatre curtain. I was to get to know that trick. That was supposed to make me roll over on my back with all four paws in the air (Raymond Chandler Quotes) Neither of the two people in the room paid any attention to the way I came in, although only one of them was dead (Raymond Chandler Quotes) 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 (Raymond Chandler Quotes) The faster I write the better my output. If I’m going slow, I’m in trouble. It means I’m pushing the words instead of being pulled by them (Raymond Chandler Quotes) Don’t ever write anything you don’t like yourself and if you do like it, don’t take anyone’s advice about changing it. They just don’t know (Raymond Chandler Quotes) The actual writing is what you live for. The rest is something you have to get through in order to arrive at the point (Raymond Chandler Quotes) 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 (Raymond Chandler Quotes) Under the thinning fog the surf curled and creamed, almost without sound, like a thought trying to form inself on the edge of consciousness (Raymond Chandler Quotes) Some days I feel like playing it smooth. Some days I feel like playing it like a waffle iron (Raymond Chandler Quotes) Americans will eat anything if it is toasted and held together with a couple of toothpicks and has lettuce sticking out of the sides, preferably a little wilted (Raymond Chandler Quotes) If I wasn’t hard, I wouldn’t be alive. If I couldn’t ever be gentle, I wouldn’t deserve to be alive (Raymond Chandler Quotes) She bent over me again. Blood began to move around in me, like a prospective tenant looking over a house (Raymond Chandler Quotes) I had a funny feeling as I saw the house disappear, as though I had written a poem and it was very good and I had lost it and would never remember it again (Raymond Chandler Quotes) He sounded like a man who had slept well and didn’t owe too much money (Raymond Chandler Quotes) There was a sad fellow over on a bar stool talking to the bartender, who was polishing a glass and listening with that plastic smile people wear when they are trying not to scream (Raymond Chandler Quotes) Most people go through life using up half their energy trying to protect a dignity they never had (Raymond Chandler Quotes)

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