Quote by Raymond Chandler
Some are able and humane men and some are low-grade individuals wi

Some are able and humane men and some are low-grade individuals with the morals of a goat, the artistic integrity of a slot machine, and the manners of a floorwalker with delusions of grandeur. – Raymond Chandler

Other quotes by Raymond Chandler

The moment a man begins to talk about technique thats proof that he is fresh out of ideas. – Raymond Chandler

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Talent
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It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window. – Raymond Chandler

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Hair
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Ive found that there are only two kinds that are any good: slang that has established itself in the language, and slang that you make up yourself. Everything else is apt to be pass? before it gets into print. – Raymond Chandler

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Language
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Other Quotes from
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Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for stars. – Fred A. Allen

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Hollywood

In the court of the movie Owner, none criticized, none doubted. And none dared speak of art. In the Owners mind art was a synonym for bankruptcy. The movie Owners are the only troupe in the history of entertainment that has never been seduced by the adventure of the entertainment world. – Ben Hecht

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Hollywood

In Beverly Hills… they dont throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows. – Woody Allen

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Hollywood

They dont want you until you have made a name, and by the time you have made a name, you have developed some kind of talent they cant use. All they will do is spoil it, if you let them. – Raymond Chandler

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Hollywood

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Speaking

I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day. – Isaac Bashevis Singer

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The Bible is literature, not dogma. – George Santayana

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