A man who doesn’t dream is like a man who doesn’t sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.
TRUMAN CAPOTEIf 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 the art of solving a mystery.
More Truman Capote Quotes
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Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.
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I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.
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I thought of the future, and spoke of the past.
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Home is where you feel at home. I’m still looking.
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Most people don’t find their creativity. There are more unsung geniuses that don’t even know they have great talent.
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The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.
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I can see every monster as they come in.
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I prefer to underwrite. Simple, clear as a country creek.
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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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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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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.
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Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
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Are the dead as lonesome as the living?
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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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Sometimes when I think how good my book can be, I can hardly breathe.
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