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.
TRUMAN CAPOTEOne of the most difficult things in writing a novel or anything at all is to choose the point of view from which it’s going to be told.
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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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I just live one day at a time. That’s my new theory in life.
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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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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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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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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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One of the most difficult things in writing a novel or anything at all is to choose the point of view from which it’s going to be told.
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Most secrets should never be told, but especially those that are more menacing to the listener than to the teller.
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Anticipation is anxiety. I have always had a very extreme anxiety thing.
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Are the dead as lonesome as the living?
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Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.
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Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.
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It’s a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of your IQ every year.
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Imagination, of course, can open any door – turn the key and let terror walk right in.
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The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.
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