One would think a writer would be happy here -- if a writer is ever happy anywhere.

Raymond Chandler

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You talk too damn much and too damn much of it is about you.

Raymond Chandler

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I belonged in Idle Valley like a pearl onion on a banana split.

Raymond Chandler

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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


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What did it matter where you lay once you were dead? In a dirty sump or in a marble tower on top of a high hill? You were dead, you were sleeping the Big Sleep...

Raymond Chandler


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Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl's clothes off.

Raymond Chandler


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In writing a novel, when in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns.

Raymond Chandler

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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.

Raymond Chandler


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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.

Raymond Chandler


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The wet air was as cold as the ashes of love.

Raymond Chandler


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