Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.

Quote by Truman Capote

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

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

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 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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

All literature is gossip.

All literature is gossip.

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....

That's not writing, that's typing.

That's not writing, that's typing.

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.

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.

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...

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

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.

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...

I can see every monster as they come in.

I can see every monster as they come in.