I got this idea of doing a really serious big work-it would be precisely like a novel, with a single difference: Every word of it would be true from beginning to end.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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 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

I can see every monster as they come in.

I can see every monster as they come in.

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.

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

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

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,...

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'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...

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...

All literature is gossip.

All literature is gossip.

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...

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...