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.
TRUMAN CAPOTEThe quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
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The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.
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The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
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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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The enemy was anyone who was someone he wanted to be or who had anything he wanted to have.
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To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the inner music that words make.
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Great fury, like great whisky, requires long fermentation.
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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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I remember things the way they should have been.
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It’s better to look at the sky than live there.
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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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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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Good luck and believe me, dearest Doc – it’s better to look at the sky than live there. Such an empty place; so vague. Just a country where the thunder goes and things disappear.
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A boy has to peddle his book.
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Are the dead as lonesome as the living?
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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
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