A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

Quote by Truman Capote

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Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life.

Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life.

I can see every monster as they come in.

I can see every monster as they come in.

It is the want to know the end that makes us believe in God, or...

It is the want to know the end that makes us believe in God, or...

No one will ever know what 'In Cold Blood' took out of me. It scraped...

No one will ever know what 'In Cold Blood' took out of me. It scraped...

When I think about how good my book could be, I can hardly breathe.

When I think about how good my book could be, I can hardly breathe.

My major regret in life is that my childhood was unnecessarily lonely.

My major regret in life is that my childhood was unnecessarily lonely.

I like to talk on TV about those things that aren't worth writing about.

I like to talk on TV about those things that aren't worth writing about.

I got this idea of doing a really serious big work-it would be precisely like...

I got this idea of doing a really serious big work-it would be precisely like...

When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip...

When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip...

Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard...

Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard...

Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and,...

Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and,...

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't...

Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't...

That isn't writing at all, it's typing.

That isn't writing at all, it's typing.

Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.

Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.

I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true.

I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true.

It isn't writing at all - it's typing

It isn't writing at all - it's typing

Even an attorney of moderate talent can postpone doomsday year after year, for the system...

Even an attorney of moderate talent can postpone doomsday year after year, for the system...

Do I think its doomsday for the male gender? No, ... I look around the...

Do I think its doomsday for the male gender? No, ... I look around the...

European gains should take away some of the doomsday mentality, but investors will be jittery...

European gains should take away some of the doomsday mentality, but investors will be jittery...