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

Quote by Truman Capote

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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.

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...

That's not writing, that's typing.

That's not writing, that's typing.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

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.

When you've got nowhere to turn, turn on the gas. , Answered Prayers (Unspoiled Monsters).

When you've got nowhere to turn, turn on the gas. , Answered Prayers (Unspoiled Monsters).

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...

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.

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,...

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...

I can see every monster as they come in.

I can see every monster as they come in.

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

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

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...

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.

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 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...

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.

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....

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...

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

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