雷蒙德·錢(qián)德勒
犯罪小說(shuō)的桂冠詩(shī)人
The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer.
I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun.
我需要一杯酒，我需要很多人壽保險(xiǎn)，我需要一個(gè)假期，我需要一個(gè)鄉(xiāng)下的家。我有的是一件外套，一頂帽子和一把槍。
Dead men are heavier than broken hearts.
I have a sense of exile in thought, as if I were an alien.
我在思想中有一種流放感，仿佛我是個(gè)外星人。
The moment you start to think about style, you're lost.
當(dāng)你開(kāi)始思考風(fēng)格的那一刻，你就迷失了。
The only way to find out anything about what kinds of books people would like to read is to publish books and see what happens.
找出人們喜歡讀什么樣的書(shū)的唯一方法就是出版書(shū)籍，看看會(huì)發(fā)生什么。
The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer.
From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away.
I was neat, clean, shaved and sober, and I didn't care who knew it.
The streets were dark with something more than night.
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
There are no dull subjects. There are only dull writers.
沒(méi)有無(wú)聊的主題，只有無(wú)聊的作家。
The most durable thing in writing is style, and style is the most valuable investment a writer can make with his time.
The streets were dark with something more than night.
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