Truman Capote
"If there is no mystery, for the artist, to solve inside of his art, then there's no point in it. . . . for me, every act of art is the act of solving a mystery."
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"If there is no mystery, for the artist, to solve inside of his art, then there's no point in it. . . . for me, every act of art is the act of solving a mystery."
"إن لم يكن هناك لغزٌ يحلّه الفنان في صميم فنه، فلا جدوى منه. . . . بالنسبة لي، كل فعلٍ فني هو فعل حلّ لغز."
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"To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make."
"إن أسمى متعة الكتابة عندي ليست في فحواها، بل في موسيقى الكلمات."
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"“To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make.”"
"إن أسمى متعة الكتابة عندي ليست في فحواها، بل في موسيقى الكلمات."
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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."
"تلاشت متعة الكتابة حين أدركت الفارق بين جيدها"
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"When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely."
"حين يهبك الله هبة، فإنه يهبك معها سوطًا؛ وهذا السوط قُصد به جلد الذات وحدها."
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"Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town."
"الشهرة لا تنفع إلا في أمر واحد: أن يقبلوا شيكك في بلدة صغيرة."
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"To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make."
"إن أسمى متعة الكتابة عندي ليست في فحواها، بل في الموسيقى الداخلية التي تعزفها الكلمات."
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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."
"للكتابة قوانينها في المنظور، وفي الضوء والظل، تماماً كما للرسم أو الموسيقى. إن وُلدتَ عالماً بها، فحسناً. وإن لم تكن، فتعلمها. ثم أعد ترتيب تلك القواعد لتناسبك."
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"Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life."
"الحب سلسلة من الحب، كما الطبيعة سلسلة من الحياة."
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"Love, having no geography, knows no boundaries."
"الحب، لا وطن له، فلا يعرف حدودًا."
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"It was as if I were an oyster and somebody forced a grain of sand into my shell -- a grain of sand that I didn't know was there and didn't particularly welcome. Then a pearl started forming around the grain and it irritated me, made me angry, tortured me sometimes. But the oyster can't help becoming obsessed with the pearl."
"كان الأمر كما لو كنتُ محارةً أُجبِرت على احتضان حبة رملٍ في صدفتي، حبةٍ لم أكن أعلم بوجودها ولم أرحب بها على وجه الخصوص. ثم بدأت لؤلؤة تتشكل حول تلك الحبة، فأثارتني، وأغضبتني، وعذبتني أحيانًا. لكن المحارة لا تملك إلا أن تستحوذ عليها اللؤلؤة."
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"That's not writing that's typing."
"هذا ليس تأليفًا، بل رَقْن."
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"I've always seen myself as a winner even as a kid. If I hadn't I just might have gone down the drain a couple of times. I've got something inside of me peasantlike and stubborn and I'm in it 'til the end of the race."
"لطالما رأيتُ نفسي فائزًا، حتى وأنا طفل. لولا ذلك، لربما انزلقتُ في غياهب الضياع مرارًا. في جوفي قوةٌ متجذرةٌ وعنيدة، ولن أحيد عن هذا السباق حتى أبلغ خط النهاية."
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"In California everyone goes to a therapist is a therapist or is a therapist going to a therapist."
"في كاليفورنيا، الكل إما يرتاد معالجًا نفسيًا، أو هو معالج نفسي، أو معالج نفسي يرتاد معالجًا نفسيًا."
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"Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go."
"البندقية كمن يلتهم علبة كاملة من شوكولاتة الليكور دفعة واحدة."
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"The most dangerous thing in the world is to make a friend of an Englishman because he'll come sleep in your closet rather than spend 10 shillings on a hotel."
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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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"New York is a diamond iceberg floating in river water."
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"I love New York, even though it isn't mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a house, something, anyway, that belongs to me because I belong to it."
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"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."
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