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Technique alone is never enough. You have to have passion. Technique alone is just an embroidered potholder.
The character that lasts is an ordinary guy with some extraordinary qualities.
The moment a man begins to talk about technique, that’s proof he is fresh out of ideas.
There are two kinds of truth: the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of these is science, and the second is art.
What did it matter where you lay once you were dead? . . . You were dead, you were sleeping the big sleep, you were not bothered by things like that.
When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay split.
When in doubt have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.
When the plot flags, bring in a man with a gun.
Would you convey your compliments to the purist who reads your proofs and tell him or her that I write in a sort of broken-down patois which is something like the way a Swiss waiter talks, and that when I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay split.
Writers who get written about become self-conscious. They develop a regrettable habit of looking at themselves through the eyes of other people. They are no longer alone, they have an investment in critical praise, and they think they must protect it. This leads to a diffusion of effort. The writer watches himself as he works. He grows more subtle and he pays for it by loss of organic dash.
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Raymond Chandler nasceu em Chicago, Illinois, em 23 de julho de 1888. Ele passou parte de sua infância e juventude na Inglaterra. Após retornar aos Estados Unidos, Chandler serviu na Primeira Guerra Mundial e trabalhou em vários empregos antes de se dedicar à escrita em tempo integral na década de 1930. Seu primeiro romance, "O Grande Sono", foi publicado em 1939, estabelecendo o tom para seus trabalhos posteriores. Seus romances, como "Adeus, Minha Amada" e "A Dama do Lago", exploram temas de corrupção, ganância e moralidade em uma Los Angeles estilizada e muitas vezes perigosa. Além de seu trabalho como romancista, Chandler também escreveu roteiros para Hollywood, incluindo colaborações em "Pacto de Sangue" e "Estranho em um Porto". Ele foi um crítico rigoroso de seu próprio trabalho e da escrita em geral, conhecido por suas observações penetrantes sobre a natureza humana e a sociedade. Raymond Chandler faleceu em 1959, deixando um legado duradouro na literatura policial.