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

Quote by Truman Capote

Topics: Writing Quotes

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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 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).

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

What looks like a loss may be the very event which is subsequently responsible for...

What looks like a loss may be the very event which is subsequently responsible for...

Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgement of the facts of a situation. Then deciding...

Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgement of the facts of a situation. Then deciding...

It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than...

It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than...

Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy...

Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy...