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

Quote by Truman Capote

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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...

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's not writing, that's typing.

That's not writing, that's typing.

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

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

I can see every monster as they come in.

I can see every monster as they come in.

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 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....

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

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

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 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...

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

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

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.

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.

All literature is gossip.

All literature is gossip.

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...

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

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

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 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.

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...

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.