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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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

All literature is gossip.

All literature is gossip.

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

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

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....

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...

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.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

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...

That's not writing, that's typing.

That's not writing, that's typing.

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.

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

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

The mission of the playwright is to look in his heart and write, to write...

The mission of the playwright is to look in his heart and write, to write...

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a...

When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a...