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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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...

That's not writing, that's typing.

That's not writing, that's typing.

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 can see every monster as they come in.

I can see every monster as they come in.

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.

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...

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

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...

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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

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