Logo
Quote by Raymond Chandler
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

It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant flow of fraudulent advertising is no trivial thing. There is more than one way to conquer a country. – Raymond Chandler

Category:
Advertising
Author
Raymond Chandler
Read Quote
[Poker is] as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you could find outside an advertising agency. – Raymond Chandler

Category:
Poker
Author
Raymond Chandler
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Storytelling
category

If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive. – Barry Lopez

Category:
Storytelling

Story is a yearning meeting an obstacle. – Robert Olen Butler

Category:
Storytelling

The story—from Rumplestiltskin to War and Peace—is one of the basic tools invented by the human mind for the purpose of understanding. There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories. – Ursula K. Le Guin

Category:
Storytelling

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

Category:
Storytelling

Random Quotes

Id never had money growing up, and its never been that important to me, except maybe to take our kids on a nice vacation or something like that. – Harlan Coben

Category:
Money

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture. – Martin Mull

Category:
architecture

I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with. – Salma Hayek

Category:
Art

Its never too late to take your heart health seriously and make it a priority. – Jennie Garth

Category:
Health