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

Truman Capote

I always write the end of everything first. I always write the last chapters of my books before I write the beginning. Then I go back to the beginning. I mean, it’s always nice to know where you’re going is my theory.
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Beginning Book End Myself Theory Writing
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
The better the actor, the more stupid he is.
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Actor Better Himself Stupidity
You can’t blame a writer for what the characters say.
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Blame Character Talk Writing
I prefer to underwrite. Simple, clear as a country creek.
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Country Prefer Simplicity Writing
I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.
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Care Myself Opinion True
The brain may take advice, but not the heart, and love, having no geography, knows no boundaries: weight and sink it deep, no matter, it will rise and find the surface.
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Advice Boundary Brain Heart Love Rise Surface Weight
Anticipation is anxiety. I have always had a very extreme anxiety thing.
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Anxiety Mental Myself
And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.
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Breathe Moments Rain
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
Aprils have never meant much to me, autumns seem that season of beginning, spring.
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Autumn Beginning Myself Season
In my garden, after a rainfall, you can faintly, yes, hear the breaking of new blooms.
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Bloom Break Flower Garden Nature Voice Yourself
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
There is only one unpardonable sin–deliberate cruelty. All else can be forgiven.
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Cruelty Forgiveness Mistake Sin
Home is where you feel at home. I’m still looking.
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Feeling Home Myself
I thought of the future, and spoke of the past.
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Future Myself Past Talk

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