Quotes by Chandler, Raymond

Common sense always speaks too late. Common sense is the guy who tells >>

The creative artist seems to be almost the only kind of man that you c >>

A really good detective never gets married. >>

Quotations about Cinema

Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that so >>

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way >>

I rather think the cinema will die. Look at the energy being exerted t >>

The motion picture is like a picture of a lady in a half-piece bathing suit. If she wore a few more clothes, you might be intrigued. If she wore no clothes at all, you might be shocked. But the way it is, you are occupied with noticing that her knees are too bony and that her toenails are too large. The modern film tries too hard to be real. Its techniques of illusion are so perfect that it requires no contribution form the audience but a mouthful of popcorn.

Chandler, Raymond