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To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the inner music that words make.

Truman Capote

The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
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Quiet Reply Voice
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
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
Past certain ages or certain wisdoms it is very difficult to look with wonder; it is best done when one is a child; after that, and if you are lucky, you will find a bridge of childhood and walk across it.
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Age Children Difficult Luck Past Wisdom Yourself
Home is where you feel at home. I’m still looking.
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Feeling Home Myself
We all, sometimes, leave each other there under the skies, and we never understand why.
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Leaving Sky Time Understand
It is the want to know the end that makes us believe in God, or witchcraft, believe, at least, in something
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Believe Death Deep End God
Good writing is rewriting.
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Goodness One Liner Writing
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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Born Law Learning Music Painting Perspective Writing Yourself
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
Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.
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Confidence Yourself
Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.
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Book Children Shoot Yourself
Reading dreams. That’s what started her walking down the road. Every day she’d walk a little further: a mile, and come home. Two miles, and come home. One day she just kept on.
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Dreams Herself Home Oneself Reading Road Start Walk
Most people who become suddenly famous overnight will find that they lose practically eighty percent of their friends. Your old friends just can’t stand it for some reason.
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Famous Friendship Lose Night People Practice Reason Stand Yourself
You can’t blame a writer for what the characters say.
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Blame Character Talk Writing
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
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Failure Flavor Inspirational Motivational Perspective Success

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