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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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...

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.

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,...

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

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

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

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

All literature is gossip.

All literature is gossip.

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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).

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

The key to life is imagination. If you don't have that, no mater what you...

The key to life is imagination. If you don't have that, no mater what you...

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.