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And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.

Truman Capote

The brain may take advice, but not the heart.
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Advice Brain Heart
You can’t blame a writer for what the characters say.
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Blame Character Talk Writing
Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art. And after that, the whip came down.
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Bad Difference Fun Goodness Myself Stop True Writing
Good luck and believe me, dearest Doc – it’s better to look at the sky than live there. Such an empty place; so vague. Just a country where the thunder goes and things disappear.
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Believe Better Country Disappearance Goodness Live Luck
Good writing is rewriting.
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Goodness One Liner Writing
The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.
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Law Live Problem Protection
I thought of the future, and spoke of the past.
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Future Myself Past Talk
We all, sometimes, leave each other there under the skies, and we never understand why.
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Leaving Sky Time Understand
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
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Failure Flavor Inspirational Motivational Perspective Success
It is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy.
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Jealous Love Person
Personally, I rather think that if you’re not creative you’ve got a problem on your hands. If you are creative you’ve got a double problem.
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Creativity Double Hands Personal Problem Thinking Yourself
If there is no mystery, for the artist, to solve inside of his art, then there’s no point in it….for me, every act of the art of solving a mystery.
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Art Artist Myself Mystery
The wind is us– it gathers and remembers all our voices, then sends them talking and telling through the leaves and the fields.
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Leaving Remember Talk Voice Wind
It’s better to look at the sky than live there.
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Better Deep Live Sky
To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the inner music that words make.
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Greatness Happiness Music Myself Word Writing
A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That’s why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.
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Conversation Goodness Intelligence Scarcity Talk

And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.

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