The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk business. – Raymond Chandler
A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled. – Raymond Chandler
An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence. – Raymond Chandler
The boys with their feet on the desks know that the easiest murder case in the world to break is the one somebody tried to get very cute with; the one that really bothers them is the murder somebody only thought of two minutes before he pulled it off. – Raymond Chandler
As far as friendships go, things change even without the fame. People start moving on. I have a few friends that are married and are starting to have kids and Im like, Oh my goodness gracious – thats so insane. I also have friends who are just doing their own thing, which is cool. – Jordin Sparks