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

Quote by Truman Capote

Topics: Ideas Quotes, Words Quotes, Work Quotes

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 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,...

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

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

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...

That's not writing, that's typing.

That's not writing, that's typing.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

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....

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

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...