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A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled. - Raymond

A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled. – Raymond Chandler

Other quotes by Raymond Chandler

Your rat tail is all the fashion now. I prefer a bushy plume, carried straight up. You are Siamese and your ancestors lived in trees. Mine lived in palaces. It has been suggested to me that I am a bit of a snob. How true! I prefer to be. – Raymond Chandler

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Cats
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Raymond Chandler
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Ability is what youre capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. – Raymond Chandler

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Attitude
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Raymond Chandler
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Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations. – Raymond Chandler

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power
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Stories differ from advice in that, once you get them, they become a fabric of your whole soul. That is why they heal you. – Alice Walker

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There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before. – Willa Cather

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Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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for the soul. – Natalie Kusz, Road Song, 1990

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Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short. – Adam Hochschild

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