#ay

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

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

The English may not always be the best writers in the world, but they are incomparably the best dull writers. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#best #dull #english #incomparably #may

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#be different #different #irreplaceable #must #order

Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#every #every man #man #night #right

Gentleness doesn't get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#eggs #gentleness #get #happen #hen

I received an honorary doctorate for my work. Maybe one of these works is considered the equivalent of a Ph.D. ↗

— Iris Chang

#doctorate #equivalent #honorary #i #maybe

Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another. ↗

— Iris Chang

#another #crisis #economic #economic crisis #exploited

You know, I feel like if I don't change something, then the results maybe are going to continue the way that they have. That for me is not something that I want to really be a part of. ↗

— Michael Chang

#continue #feel #going #i #i feel