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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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...

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

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

All literature is gossip.

All literature is gossip.

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).

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.

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...

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...

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...

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.

Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.

I can see every monster as they come in.

I can see every monster as they come in.

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

It 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...

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...

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....