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10 quotesA good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.
Story and Story-Telling
Raymond Chandler
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A good title is the title of a successful book.
Books - Reading
Raymond Chandler
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A really good detective never gets married.
Police
Raymond Chandler
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He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.
Appearance
Raymond Chandler
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However toplofty and idealistic a man may be, he can always rationalize his right to earn money.
Money
Raymond Chandler
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It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.
Glamour
Raymond Chandler
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She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.
Smile
Raymond Chandler
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The kind of lawyer you hope the other fellow has.
Law and Lawyers
Raymond Chandler
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The moment a man begins to talk about technique that's proof that he is fresh out of ideas.
Techniques
Raymond Chandler
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The more you reason the less you create.
Reason
Raymond Chandler
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun