Raymond Chandler was born in Chicago, Illinois, on July 23, 1888. He spent part of his childhood and youth in England. After returning to the United States, Chandler served in World War I and worked various jobs before dedicating himself to writing full-time in the 1930s. His first novel, "The Big Sleep," was published in 1939, setting the tone for his later works. His novels, such as "Farewell, My Lovely" and "The Lady in the Lake," explore themes of corruption, greed, and morality in a stylized and often dangerous Los Angeles. In addition to his work as a novelist, Chandler also wrote screenplays for Hollywood, including collaborations on "Double Indemnity" and "The Blue Dahlia." He was a rigorous critic of his own work and of writing in general, known for his insightful observations on human nature and society. Raymond Chandler passed away in 1959, leaving a lasting legacy in detective fiction.
Poems List
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.
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If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better, I should not have come.
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I don’t mind if you don’t like my manners. They’re pretty bad. I grieve over them on the long winter evenings.
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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.
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