It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of your IQ every year

Quote by Truman Capote

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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....

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

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

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.

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...

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

I can see every monster as they come in.

I can see every monster as they come in.

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...

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...

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

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

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

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 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...