Raymond Chandler

A really good detective never gets married. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#gets #good #married #never #really

Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of the critic. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#critic #critical #evaluation #good #maintaining

The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#effect #half #leisure #little #movement

The more you reason the less you create. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#less #more #reason #you

When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#door #doubt #gun #hand #his

An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#any #cleverness #decadence #except #incapable

At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#inevitable #law #least #must #mystery

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

— Raymond Chandler

#advertising agency #agency #chess #elaborate #human

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#angel #food #looked #slice

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

— Raymond Chandler

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