If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Holl…

Raymond Chandler
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If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better, I should not have come. ✨ Atlantic Monthly, 12 Dec. 1945
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If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better, I should not have come. ✨ Atlantic Monthly, 12 Dec. 1945

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