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Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.

Truman Capote

I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.
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Care Myself Opinion True
Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.
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Confidence Yourself
I just live one day at a time. That’s my new theory in life.
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Day Life Live Myself Theory Time
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
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
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
It’s a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of your IQ every year.
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Funny Intelligence Lose Science Stay Yourself
The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
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Quiet Reply Voice
And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.
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Breathe Moments Rain
It is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy.
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Jealous Love Person
Most people don’t find their creativity. There are more unsung geniuses that don’t even know they have great talent.
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Creativity Genius Greatness People Talent
Everybody has to feel superior to somebody,” she said. “But it’s customary to present a little proof before you take the privilege.
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Evidence Feeling Present Privilege
Great fury, like great whisky, requires long fermentation.
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Greatness Growth Patience Time
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
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Failure Flavor Inspirational Motivational Perspective Success
There is nobody in the world that you can’t get if you really concentrate on it, if you really want them. You’ve got to want it to the exclusion of everything else.
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Concentration Focus World Yourself

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.

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Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.

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