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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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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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.

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

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

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...

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 can see every monster as they come in.

I can see every monster as they come in.

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.

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...

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...

That's not writing, that's typing.

That's not writing, that's typing.

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.

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...

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.