To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make.

Quote by Truman Capote

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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.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

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...

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...

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 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...

All literature is gossip.

All literature is gossip.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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

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

That's not writing, that's typing.

That's not writing, that's typing.

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.