Quotes by Chandler, Raymond

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel fo >>

The overall picture, as the boys say, is of a degraded community whose >>

Television's perfect. You turn a few knobs, a few of those mechanical >>

Quotations about Publishing and Publishers

When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it. >>

Having books published is very destructive to writing. It is even wors >>

As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so t >>

The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk business.

Chandler, Raymond