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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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...

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

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

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....

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 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.

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

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

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...

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

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...

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...

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

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 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...

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...

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

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

Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and,...

Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and,...

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

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

Perhaps what I do not manage to operate rapidly enough is the passage between the...

Perhaps what I do not manage to operate rapidly enough is the passage between the...

I felt like writing about a time when I was probably, and I think all...

I felt like writing about a time when I was probably, and I think all...

Money is only a human invention. I get paid for my work, it's a system...

Money is only a human invention. I get paid for my work, it's a system...