#y

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

It is not a fragrant world. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#fragrant #world

A really good detective never gets married. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#gets #good #married #never #really

The more you reason the less you create. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#less #more #reason #you

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

— Raymond Chandler

#advertising agency #agency #chess #elaborate #human

Though you may not be able to change it, you can handle an ugly situation beautifully. ↗

— Vilayat Inayat Khan

#beauty

I do a great deal of research - particularly in the apartments of tall blondes. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#deal #great #great deal #i #i do

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