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It may be normal, darling; but I’d rather be natural.

Truman Capote

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
It’s a very excruciating life facing that blank piece of paper every day and having to reach up somewhere into the clouds and bring something down out of them.
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Life Paper Pieces Reach Tired
I thought of the future, and spoke of the past.
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Future Myself Past Talk
Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.
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Book Children Shoot Yourself
Past certain ages or certain wisdoms it is very difficult to look with wonder; it is best done when one is a child; after that, and if you are lucky, you will find a bridge of childhood and walk across it.
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Age Children Difficult Luck Past Wisdom Yourself
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
You can’t blame a writer for what the characters say.
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Blame Character Talk Writing
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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Difficult Myself Novel View Writing
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
Home is where you feel at home. I’m still looking.
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Feeling Home Myself
To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the inner music that words make.
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Greatness Happiness Music Myself Word Writing
You can’t give your heart to a wild thing.
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Heart Wild Yourself
I remember things the way they should have been.
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Imagination Myself Remember Way
It is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy.
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Jealous Love Person
A boy has to peddle his book.
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Book Boy Education
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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Dreams Man Poison Store

It may be normal, darling; but I’d rather be natural.

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