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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

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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.

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Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.

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To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make.

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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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Love, having no geography, knows no boundaries.

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I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true.

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Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.

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I can see every monster as they come in.

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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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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: September 30th, 1924

Died: August 25th, 1984

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