Raymond Thornton Chandler (23 July 1888 – 26 March 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter who specialized in the crime fiction genre.
Biography information from
Wikiquote·
Portrait adapted from
Wikimedia Commons, Photographer uncredited. Published by Alfred A. Knopf. (Public domain / CC0)
Portrait from Wikimedia Commons. Credit: Photographer uncredited. Published by Alfred A. Knopf.. Used under Public domain / CC0. Processed and styled by Quotewise.
PREMIUM FEATURE
Advanced Search Filters
Filter search results by source, date, and more with our premium search tools.
And the commercials would have sickened a goat raised on barbed wire and broken beer bottles.
The voice on the telephone seemed to be sharp and peremptory, but I didn't hear too well what it said, partly because I was only half awake and partly because I was holding the receiver upside down
Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI
Add semantic quote search to your AI assistant via MCP. One command setup.
Undoubtedly the stories about them [hard-boiled detectives] had a fantastic element. Such things happened, but not so rapidly, nor to so close-knit a group of people, nor within so narrow a frame of logic. This was inevitable because the demand was for constant action; if you stopped to think you were lost. When in doubt, have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand.
