The better the actor, the more stupid he is.
TRUMAN CAPOTEI thought of the future, and spoke of the past.
More Truman Capote Quotes
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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 just live one day at a time. That’s my new theory in life.
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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.
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They can romanticize us so, mirrors, and that is their secret: what a subtle torture it would be to destroy all the mirrors in the world: where then could we look for reassurance of our identities?
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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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Have you never heard what the wise men say: all of the future exists in the past.
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Anticipation is anxiety. I have always had a very extreme anxiety thing.
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I can see every monster as they come in.
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It is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy.
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The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.
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I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.
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Most secrets should never be told, but especially those that are more menacing to the listener than to the teller.
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I prefer to underwrite. Simple, clear as a country creek.
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Imagination, of course, can open any door – turn the key and let terror walk right in.
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Sometimes when I think how good my book can be, I can hardly breathe.
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