Raymond Chandler is reported to have said he couldn't find an ending to one of his excellent stories unless he took time to get drunk. Up to a point I accept his report. For alcohol can stimulate imagination. It can find inventions. But I'll lay my bottom dollar, as one not unacquainted with booze, that Chandler had to sober up to write that ending.
A. B. Guthrie Jr., Field Guide to Writing Fiction, 1991
A. B. Guthrie Jr., Field Guide to Writing Fiction, 1991
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