Raymond Chandler

Woe, woe, woe... in a little while we shall all be dead. Therefore let us behave as though we were dead already. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#behave #dead #let us #little #shall

The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#into #print #process #rather #reading

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

#alcohol #clothes #first #first kiss #girl

From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#class #feet #like #looked #lot

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#art #away #craft #desire #end

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#advertising agency #agency #chess #elaborate #find

I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won't let himself get snotty about it. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#drunk #get #himself #i #i think

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#critical #cut #destroys #dishonest #emotions

A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#devised #distilled #good #good story #story

It is not a fragrant world. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#fragrant #world