Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never had any standard but the soft buck. – Raymond Chandler
Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency. – Raymond Chandler
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
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