A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.
From Truman Capote
When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely.
It is the want to know the end that makes us believe in God, or witchcraft, believe, at least, in something.
Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.
Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.
To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make.
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.
Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends.
My major regret in life is that my childhood was unnecessarily lonely.
Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life.
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