Raymond Chandler

Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency…

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food…

It is not a fragrant world…

An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except…

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short…

The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he…

She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket…

Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how…

Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third…

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an…

Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never…

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little…