雷蒙德·錢德勒
犯罪小說的桂冠詩人
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.
A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.
一個好故事不能被設(shè)計出來；它必須被提煉出來。
The tragedy of life is not that the beautiful things die young, but that they grow old and mean.
生活的悲劇不是美好的事物早逝，而是它們變老和變得卑鄙。
Without magic, there is no art. Without art, there is no idealism. Without idealism, there is no integrity. Without integrity, there is nothing but production.
沒有魔法，就沒有藝術(shù)。沒有藝術(shù)，就沒有理想主義。沒有理想主義，就沒有正直。沒有正直，除了生產(chǎn)什么都沒有。
I was neat, clean, shaved and sober, and I didn't care who knew it.
The faster we live, the less we feel.
我們生活得越快，感受得越少。
It is not a very fragrant world, but it is the world you live in.
The most durable thing in writing is style, and style is the most valuable investment a writer can make with his time.
There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others.
I'm an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in Singapore with a full beard.
我是一個偶爾喝酒的人，那種出去喝杯啤酒然后在新加坡醒來時滿臉胡須的人。
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.
It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.
那是一個金發(fā)女郎。一個能讓主教在彩色玻璃窗上踢出一個洞的金發(fā)女郎。
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.
從30英尺外看，她看起來很有氣質(zhì)。從10英尺外看，她看起來像是為了從30英尺外看而打扮的。