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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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.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

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...

Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard...

Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard...

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 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).

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.

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...

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...

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

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 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.

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...

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

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

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...

All literature is gossip.

All literature is gossip.

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

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

That's not writing, that's typing.

That's not writing, that's typing.