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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All literature is gossip.

All literature is gossip.

That's not writing, that's typing.

That's not writing, that's typing.

She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged...

She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged...

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...

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 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.

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...

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

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

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 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.

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....

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

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

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,...

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...

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

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

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

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

I can see every monster as they come in.

I can see every monster as they come in.

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.