Let us never accept the point of view that mysteries are written by hacks. The poorest of us shed our blood over every chapter. The best of us start from scratch with every new book.
Raymond ChandlerThe dilemma of the critic has always been that if he knows enough to speak with authority, he knows too much to speak with detachment.
Raymond ChandlerTelevision is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never had any standard but the soft buck.
Raymond ChandlerThe impulse to perfection cannot exist where the definition of perfection is the arbitrary decision of authority. That which is born in loneliness and from the heart cannot be defended against the judgment of a committee of sycophants. The volatile essences which make literature cannot survive the clichรฉs of a long series of story conferences.
Raymond Chandler