Quote by Raymond Chandler
Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is

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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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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[Poker is] as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you could find outside an advertising agency. – Raymond Chandler

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