It's a scientific fact. For every year a person lives in Hollywood, they lose two points of their IQ.

Quote by Truman Capote

Topics: Funny Quotes, Hollywood Quotes

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.

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good...

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good...

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,...

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...

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner...

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner...

All literature is gossip.

All literature is gossip.

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music....

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music....

That's not writing, that's typing.

That's not writing, that's typing.

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...

The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.

The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.

Sometimes when I think how good my book can be, I can hardly breathe.

Sometimes when I think how good my book can be, I can hardly breathe.

It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of...

It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of...

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

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

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.

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...

Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.

Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.

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...

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.

Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a...

Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a...