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from Hornoi-Centerwall, Theodore:
>where did you see
> the quote from Raymond Chandler, "I live for syntax."?
Several different places.
(1) An old clipping of an interview with Chandler (looked like a
Saturday Evening Post or Life magazine article but, unfortunately,
the identifying info had been trimmed off) that was posted on a
colleague's door
(2) An entry in a book of 'writers on writing' that I read about 6
years ago and got a lot of sigs from (citation? was I supposed to
write down something? oops. ;))
(3) A poster published by EEI, titled "A Way With Words", that
follows me from office to office along with the picture of a cat
laughing over a copy of Roger Tory Peterson's _Field Guide to Birds_
I think the poster is still available from EEI, by the way. I got a
copy for a friend about a year ago. (The cat picture is NOT
available; the photographer is dead and his widow can't find the
negative.)
Kat Nagel
Artful Docster
Kat_Nagel -at- rte -dot- com
----- Original Message -----
From: EXT-Hornoi-Centerwall, Theodore
<Theodore -dot- Hornoi-Centerwall -at- PSS -dot- Boeing -dot- com>
To: <Kat_Nagel -at- rte -dot- com>
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 1:51 PM
Subject: Source of Quote
> I don't mean to doubt you, but I am curious -- where did you see
> the quote from Raymond Chandler, "I live for syntax."? I agree
it's wonderful, but I would like to know the context. (Maybe there
is someone somewhere who once said, "I live for context." There.
I've said it.)
