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...

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...

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...

She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged...

She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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...

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...

Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age.

Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age.

If you're not going to tell me your secret, don't tell me you have one.

If you're not going to tell me your secret, don't tell me you have one.

I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet, raised to an alarming extent by...

I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet, raised to an alarming extent by...