When I think about how good my book could be, I can hardly breathe.

Quote by Truman Capote

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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.

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

Mick Jagger is about as sexy as a pissing toad.

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

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

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...

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 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...

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.

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 can see every monster as they come in.

I can see every monster as they come in.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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

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