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

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

No one will ever know what 'In Cold Blood' took out of me. It scraped...

No one will ever know what 'In Cold Blood' took out of me. It scraped...

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...

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...

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.

Even an attorney of moderate talent can postpone doomsday year after year, for the system...

Even an attorney of moderate talent can postpone doomsday year after year, for the system...

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...

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

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

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

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

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 was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were...

I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were...

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 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...

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).

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

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

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.

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.

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...