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Raymond Chandler

A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.

A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.

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These are some quotes by American author Raymond Chandler Writer, who lived between July 23, 1888 and March 26, 1959.

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A really good detective never gets married.

A really good detective never gets married.

Raymond Chandler

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From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away.

From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away.

Raymond Chandler

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I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn't need a gun, you'd better take one along that worked.

I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn't need a gun, you'd better take one along that worked.

Raymond Chandler

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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.

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Nothing I can say or devise, and nothing anybody else can say or devise, is going to be perfect.

Nothing I can say or devise, and nothing anybody else can say or devise, is going to be perfect.

Terry Pratchett

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I have a slightly contrarian streak as a writer, and one of the things I was interested in was how distilled could I make a life, and how I could cross what is kind of trivialized as a domestic novel with a novel of ideas, a philosophical novel.

Jenny Offill

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