#raymond

Phillip look into Ray's eyes. He saw compassion and hope. And he saw himself mirrored back, bleeding in a dirty gutter on a street where life was worth less than a dime bag. Sick, tired, petrified, Phillip dropped his head into his hands. "What's the point?" "You're the point, son." Ray ran his hand over Phillip's hair. "You're the point. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#raymond-quinn #life

Raymond Chandler managed to write about L.A. his whole career. Should I keep going writing about New York? Is that what I should be doing? Songwriting doesn't work that way. ↗

— Lou Reed

#career #chandler #doing #going #his

You can eclipse the sun, but the truth will always shine through. ↗

— Jaree Francis

#drama

It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud. ↗

— Ira Glass

#fun #i #i love #loud #love

Raymond Chandler once wrote that Dashiell Hammett gave murder back to the people who really committed it. ↗

— James Ellroy

#chandler #committed #gave #murder #once

Boy, we'll get Raymond out and we won't go hungry anymore. ↗

— Bonnie Parker

#boy #get #go #hungry #out

After 'Raymond,' there was this big feeling of, 'What do I do next?' ↗

— Ray Romano

#big #feeling #i #i do #next

Right after 'Raymond' I had a world-is-my-oyster attitude, but I found out I don't like oysters. I had this existential emptiness. 'What is my purpose? Who am I?' I had a big identity crisis. ↗

— Ray Romano

#am #attitude #big #crisis #emptiness

I'm a disciple of Raymond Chandler, who said in his essays that there's a quality of redemption in anything that can be called art. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#art #called #chandler #disciple #essays

Raymond Floyd. The man knows how to control situations. He was experienced. He didn't let me get overly excited; he kept me in check. It allowed me to free myself up, and I played really well with him. ↗

— Payne Stewart

#check #control #excited #experienced #floyd