Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art. And after that, the whip came down.
TRUMAN CAPOTEI 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.
More Truman Capote Quotes
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The most dangerous thing in the world is to make a friend of an Englishman, because he’ll come sleep in your closet rather than spend 10 shillings on a hotel.
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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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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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The better the actor, the more stupid he is.
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And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.
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Great fury, like great whisky, requires long fermentation.
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It is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy.
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Sometimes when I think how good my book can be, I can hardly breathe.
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The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
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I thought of the future, and spoke of the past.
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If 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.
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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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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
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We all, sometimes, leave each other there under the skies, and we never understand why.
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The brain may take advice, but not the heart, and love, having no geography, knows no boundaries: weight and sink it deep, no matter, it will rise and find the surface.
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