There were hints of sunrise on the rim of the sky, yet it was still dark, and the traces of morning color were like goldfish swimming in ink.
TRUMAN CAPOTEMost people who become suddenly famous overnight will find that they lose practically eighty percent of their friends. Your old friends just can’t stand it for some reason.
More Truman Capote Quotes
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I thought of the future, and spoke of the past.
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The wind is us– it gathers and remembers all our voices, then sends them talking and telling through the leaves and the fields.
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Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.
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Great fury, like great whisky, requires long fermentation.
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Good writing is rewriting.
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The better the actor, the more stupid he is.
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There is only one unpardonable sin–deliberate cruelty. All else can be forgiven.
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Have you never heard what the wise men say: all of the future exists in the past.
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It is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy.
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Past certain ages or certain wisdoms it is very difficult to look with wonder; it is best done when one is a child; after that, and if you are lucky, you will find a bridge of childhood and walk across it.
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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.
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Most people who become suddenly famous overnight will find that they lose practically eighty percent of their friends. Your old friends just can’t stand it for some reason.
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A man who doesn’t dream is like a man who doesn’t sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.
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And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.
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I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.
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