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.
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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Really being friends is the most important part, I think, of any relationship.
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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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It’s better to look at the sky than live there.
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I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.
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Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.
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Have you never heard what the wise men say: all of the future exists in the past.
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The good thing about masturbation is that you don’t have to get dressed up for it.
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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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I can see every monster as they come in.
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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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You can’t give your heart to a wild thing.
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Anticipation is anxiety. I have always had a very extreme anxiety thing.
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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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In my garden, after a rainfall, you can faintly, yes, hear the breaking of new blooms.
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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
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The better the actor, the more stupid he is.
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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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A boy has to peddle his book.
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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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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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A man who doesn’t dream is like a man who doesn’t sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.
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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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A work of art is one of mystery, the one extreme magic; everything else is either arithmetic or biology.
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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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The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
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I thought of the future, and spoke of the past.
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