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In my garden, after a rainfall, you can faintly, yes, hear the breaking of new blooms.

Truman Capote

I prefer to underwrite. Simple, clear as a country creek.
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Country Prefer Simplicity Writing
Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
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Act Bad Goodness Life Play 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
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
There were hints of sunrise on the rim of the sky, yet it was still dark, and the traces of morning color were like goldfish swimming in ink.
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Darkness Gold Morning Nature Rise Sky Sun
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
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
The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.
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Law Live Problem Protection
I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.
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Believe Funny Myself Scissor
And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.
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Breathe Moments Rain
Have you never heard what the wise men say: all of the future exists in the past.
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Deep Existence Future Man Past Philosophy Wisdom Yourself
It is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy.
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Jealous Love Person
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
Most secrets should never be told, but especially those that are more menacing to the listener than to the teller.
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Listening Secret Trouble
The better the actor, the more stupid he is.
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Actor Better Himself Stupidity
A work of art is one of mystery, the one extreme magic; everything else is either arithmetic or biology.
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Art Magic Mathematics Mystery Science Work

In my garden, after a rainfall, you can faintly, yes, hear the breaking of new blooms.

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