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Good writing is rewriting.

Truman Capote

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Truman Capote
Age: 59 †
Born: 1924
Born: September 30
Died: 1984
Died: August 25
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New Orleans
Louisiana
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That's all a writer has to write about - what he sees and hears and what not.
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Sicily is more beautiful than any woman.
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It’s better to look at the sky than live there
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Gasping for breath, the body still battling for life.
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Lively, too. Talky as a jaybird. With something smart to say on every subject: better than the radio.
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With one exception everybody who has ever been involved with me is still a great friend of mine.
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