Sometimes when I think how good my book can be, I can hardly breathe.

Quote by Truman Capote

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Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life.

Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life.

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.

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....

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

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...

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 can see every monster as they come in.

I can see every monster as they come in.

All literature is gossip.

All literature is gossip.