Any man who can write a page of living prose adds something to our lif…

Raymond Chandler
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Any man who can write a page of living prose adds something to our life, and the man who can, as I can, is surely the last to resent someone who can do it even better. An artist cannot deny art, nor would he want to. A lover cannot deny love. ✨ Raymond Chandler, Dorothy Gardiner, Kathrine Sorley Walker (1977). Raymond Chandler Speaking, p.95, Univ of California Press
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A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled. ✨ Raymond Chandler, Dorothy Gardiner, Kathrine Sorley Walker (1977). Raymond Chandler Speaking, p.75, Univ of California Press
Without magic, there is no art. Without art, there is no idealism. Without idealism, there is no integrity. Without integrity, there is nothing but production.
You can have a hangover from other things than alcohol. I had one from women. ✨ Raymond Chandler (2014). The World of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words, p.113, Vintage
I'm in a wild mood tonight. I want to go dance in the foam. I hear the banshees calling. ✨ Raymond Chandler (2011). The Big Sleep & Farewell, My Lovely, p.464, Modern Library
The test of a writer is whether you want to read him again years after he should by the rules be dated.

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