Quotes About Ross Macdonald

Most of the homes were immaculate Spanish or Mediterranean villas, reminiscent of an earlier time and rich with genteel elegance. More Ross Macdonald than Raymond Chandler.

I would say 'The Chill' by Ross Macdonald is sort of a prototypical example of how the private detective genre elevates itself to the level of literature.

Chandler wrote like a slumming angel and invested the sun-blinded streets of Los Angeles with a romantic presence.

Don't be silly," he said uncertainly. "Now, what's your problem? If you think you're broke, I'm broker, ask my broker.

Vallon was said to have a Puritan conscience but I had never met his conscience.

his manner had the heavy ease of a politician, poised between bullying and flattery.

Her voice was low and dry and monotonous, the voice of a vicious boredom. It affected me like a rattlesnake's buzzing signal.

Are you a member?" The question was rhetorical. "Mrs. Caswell asked me to meet her here." She underwent a personality change which almost cracked her makeup. "Oh. Excuse me, sir. If you'll sign the register - I believe Ms. Caswell is in the bar.

The tires whined like starved cats on the fog-sprinkled black-top.

Perhaps you'd like a drink." "Not before lunch. I'm the new-type detective.

What brought me to the table was Raymond Chandler and, to a lesser degree, Ross Macdonald and Dashiell Hammett. I was basically inspired to want to write like the classic private-eye writers.