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

Quote by Truman Capote

Topics: Writing Quotes

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...

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,...

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...

All literature is gossip.

All literature is gossip.

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....

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

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

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...

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.

I can see every monster as they come in.

I can see every monster as they come in.

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.

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...

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

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...

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.

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...

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.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

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...