Truman Capote

28 quotes

"I am always drawn back to places where I have lived, the houses and their neighborhoods."

Truman Capote

"Life is moderately good play with a badly written third act."

Truman Capote

"It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of your IQ every year."

Truman Capote

"Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town."

Truman Capote

"All literature is gossip."

Truman Capote

"Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the yard and shot it."

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"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."

Truman Capote

"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 ten shillings on a hotel."

Truman Capote

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

Truman Capote

"The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call "out there.""

Truman Capote

"Life is moderately good play with a badly written third act."

Truman Capote

"In California everyone goes to a therapist, is a therapist, or is a therapist going to a therapist."

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"To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the 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."

Truman Capote

"Life is moderately good play with a badly written third act."

Truman Capote

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

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."

Truman Capote

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

Truman Capote

"It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of your IQ every year."

Truman Capote

"Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the yard and shot it."

Truman Capote

"Life is moderately good play with a badly written third act."

Truman Capote

"In California everyone goes to a therapist, is a therapist, or is a therapist going to a therapist."

Truman Capote

"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."

Truman Capote

"All literature is gossip."

Truman Capote

"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 ten shillings on a hotel."

Truman Capote