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I can see every monster as they come in.

Truman Capote

How do I look so young? Quite simple: a complete vegetable diet, 12 hours sleep a night, and lots and lots of make-up.
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Appearance Make Up Myself Night Quite Simplicity Young
I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.
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Believe Funny Myself Scissor
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
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
The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.
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Law Live Problem Protection
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
Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.
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Confidence Yourself
There is only one unpardonable sin–deliberate cruelty. All else can be forgiven.
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Cruelty Forgiveness Mistake Sin
They can romanticize us so, mirrors, and that is their secret: what a subtle torture it would be to destroy all the mirrors in the world: where then could we look for reassurance of our identities?
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Destroy Identity Mirror Reaasuarnce Romantic Secret Torture
The most dangerous thing in the world is to make a friend of an Englishman, because he’ll come sleep in your closet rather than spend 10 shillings on a hotel.
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Dangerous Friendship Funny Money Sleep World Yourself
I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.
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Care Myself Opinion True
Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
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Act Bad Goodness Life Play Writing
Good writing is rewriting.
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Goodness One Liner Writing
It may be normal, darling; but I’d rather be natural.
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Choice Myself Natural Normal Ordinary
Home is where you feel at home. I’m still looking.
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Feeling Home Myself
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

I can see every monster as they come in.

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