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.
TRUMAN CAPOTEHome is where you feel at home. I’m still looking.
More Truman Capote Quotes
-
-
The better the actor, the more stupid he is.
TRUMAN CAPOTE -
A work of art is one of mystery, the one extreme magic; everything else is either arithmetic or biology.
TRUMAN CAPOTE -
It is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy.
TRUMAN CAPOTE -
In my garden, after a rainfall, you can faintly, yes, hear the breaking of new blooms.
TRUMAN CAPOTE -
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 CAPOTE -
Most secrets should never be told, but especially those that are more menacing to the listener than to the teller.
TRUMAN CAPOTE -
Really being friends is the most important part, I think, of any relationship.
TRUMAN CAPOTE -
I remember things the way they should have been.
TRUMAN CAPOTE -
Everybody has to feel superior to somebody,” she said. “But it’s customary to present a little proof before you take the privilege.
TRUMAN CAPOTE -
Anticipation is anxiety. I have always had a very extreme anxiety thing.
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 -
Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
TRUMAN CAPOTE -
Are the dead as lonesome as the living?
TRUMAN CAPOTE -
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
TRUMAN CAPOTE -
The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
TRUMAN CAPOTE






