Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler
Raymond Thornton Chandlerwas a British-American novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression. His first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", was published in 1933 in Black Mask, a popular pulp magazine. His first novel, The Big Sleep, was published in 1939. In addition to his short stories, Chandler published seven novels during his lifetime. All but Playback have been...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth23 July 1888
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
He snorted and hit me in the solar plexus. I bent over and took hold of the room with both hands and spun it. When I had it nicely spinning I gave it a full swing and hit myself on the back of the head with the floor.
A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.
The girl gave him a look which ought to have stuck at least four inches out of his back.
I hung up. It was a good start, but it didn’t go far enough. I ought to have locked the door and hidden under the desk.
Throw up into your typewriter every morning. Clean up every noon.
Dead men are heavier than broken hearts.
It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.
I'm an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in Singapore with a full beard.
It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.
To say goodbye is to die a little.