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

Quote by Truman Capote

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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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 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...

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).

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

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

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....

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...

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.

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's not writing, that's typing.

That's not writing, that's typing.

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

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

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

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

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...

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something...

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something...

The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than...

The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than...