• I've found that there are only two kinds that are any good: slang that has established itself in the language, and slang that you make up yourself. Everything else is apt to be passé before it gets into print.

  Raymond Chandler
  American writer 1888-1959
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. established
2. everything
3. yourself
4. before
5. passé
6. print

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I've found that there are only two kinds that are any good: slang that has established itself in the language, and slang that you make up yourself. Everything else is apt to be passé before it gets into print. by : Raymond Chandler

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