Everything written with vitality expresses that vitality: there are no dull subjects, only dull minds. All men who read escape from something else in… - Raymond Chandler

All men who read escape from something else into what lies behind the printed page; the quality of the dream may be argued, but its release has become a functional necessity.

Everything written with vitality expresses that vitality; there are no dull subjects, only dull minds.

All men who read escape from something else into what lies behind the printed page...

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. Neither is independent of the other or more important than the other. Without art, science would be as useless as a pair of high forceps in the hands of a plumber. Without science, art would become a crude mess of folklore and emotional quackery. The truth of art keeps science from becoming inhuman, and the truth of science keeps art from becoming ridiculous.

Police business,” he said almost gently, “is a hell of a problem. It’s a good deal like politics. It asks for the highest type of men, and there’s nothing in it to attract the highest type of men. So we have to work with what we get — and we get things like this.

There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others.