It is the want to know the end that makes us believe in God, or witchcraft, believe, at least, in something.

Quote by Truman Capote

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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).

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...

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 can see every monster as they come in.

I can see every monster as they come in.

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,...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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....

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.

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.