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.

Chandler had an immense stylistic influence on American popular literature and is considered by many to be a founder along with Dashiell Hammett James M. He died on March 26 1959 in La Jolla California. Parker).