It is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy.
TRUMAN CAPOTEOne of the most difficult things in writing a novel or anything at all is to choose the point of view from which it’s going to be told.
More Truman Capote Quotes
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Sometimes when I think how good my book can be, I can hardly breathe.
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A work of art is one of mystery, the one extreme magic; everything else is either arithmetic or biology.
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I always write the end of everything first. I always write the last chapters of my books before I write the beginning. Then I go back to the beginning. I mean, it’s always nice to know where you’re going is my theory.
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Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life.
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I can see every monster as they come in.
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Reading dreams. That’s what started her walking down the road. Every day she’d walk a little further: a mile, and come home. Two miles, and come home. One day she just kept on.
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I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.
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And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.
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It’s better to look at the sky than live there.
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How do I look so young? Quite simple: a complete vegetable diet, 12 hours sleep a night, and lots and lots of make-up.
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The brain may take advice, but not the heart.
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Anticipation is anxiety. I have always had a very extreme anxiety thing.
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Home is where you feel at home. I’m still looking.
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The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
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Everybody has to feel superior to somebody,” she said. “But it’s customary to present a little proof before you take the privilege.
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