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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

Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girls clothes off. – Raymond Chandler

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Love
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Raymond Chandler
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The reading public is intellectually adolescent at best, and it is obvious that what is called significant literature will only be sold to this public by exactly the same methods as are used to sell it toothpaste, cathartics and automobiles. – Raymond Chandler

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Public
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Raymond Chandler
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Other Quotes from
Storytelling
category

One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. – Jean De La Bruyere

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Storytelling

Writing a story allows us to play with our imaginary friends when we are adults. – Dr.SunWolf, professorsunwolf.com

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Storytelling

Under the Earth I go,
On the oak leaf I stand.
I ride on the filly
That was never foaled,
And I carry the dead in my hand. – Anon.

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Storytelling

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story. – John Barth

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Storytelling

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A lie may take care of the present, but it has no future. – Author Unknown

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