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

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

All literature is gossip.

All literature is gossip.

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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 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.

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.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

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...

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...