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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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 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 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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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 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...

All literature is gossip.

All literature is gossip.

I can see every monster as they come in.

I can see every monster as they come in.

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.

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

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

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

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.

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...

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.

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,...

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

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

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...