A dead man is the best fall guy in the world. He never talks back.
Raymond Chandler Quotes
Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say.
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| Birth: | 23rd July, 1888 |
| Death: | 26th March, 1959 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Novelist, Screenwriter |
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Raymond Thornton Chandler was an American novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at age forty-four, Raymond Chandler decided to become a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Depression.
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