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

Quote by Truman Capote

Topics: Writing Quotes

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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).

All literature is gossip.

All literature is gossip.

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...

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'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...

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...

That's not writing, that's typing.

That's not writing, that's typing.

I can see every monster as they come in.

I can see every monster as they come in.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.