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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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...

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.

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...

All literature is gossip.

All literature is gossip.

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...

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...

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...

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....

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

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.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

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...

She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged...

She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged...

I can see every monster as they come in.

I can see every monster as they come in.

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...

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.

Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.

Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.

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

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

That's not writing, that's typing.

That's not writing, that's typing.