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Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.

Truman Capote

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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Born Law Learning Music Painting Perspective Writing Yourself
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
Most secrets should never be told, but especially those that are more menacing to the listener than to the teller.
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Listening Secret Trouble
Imagination, of course, can open any door – turn the key and let terror walk right in.
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Imagination Key Open Terrorism Walk
The brain may take advice, but not the heart.
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Advice Brain Heart
Really being friends is the most important part, I think, of any relationship.
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Friendship Important Myself Relationship Thinking
The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
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Quiet Reply Voice
Yes: but aren’t love and marriage notoriously synonymous in the minds of most women? Certainly very few men get the first without promising the second: love, that is–if it’s just a matter of spreading her legs, almost any woman will do that for nothing.
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Legs Love Man Marriage Mindset Promise Sex Woman
The better the actor, the more stupid he is.
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Actor Better Himself Stupidity
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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Believe Better Country Disappearance Goodness Live Luck
I can see every monster as they come in.
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Monster Myself See
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
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
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
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
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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Creativity Genius Greatness People Talent

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