Quotes By Raymond Chandler

When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay split.

I certainly admire people who do things.

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.

The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in a sense writing for publication.

I do a great deal of research - particularly in the apartments of tall blondes.

At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.

The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer. A mechanism is all the law was ever intended to be.