I thought of the future, and spoke of the past.
TRUMAN CAPOTEWriting 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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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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Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.
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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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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.
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And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.
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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 better the actor, the more stupid he is.
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A boy has to peddle his book.
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You can’t blame a writer for what the characters say.
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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.
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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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The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
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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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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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I remember things the way they should have been.
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