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.
TRUMAN CAPOTEHave you never heard what the wise men say: all of the future exists in the past.
More Truman Capote Quotes
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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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Good writing is rewriting.
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It may be normal, darling; but I’d rather be natural.
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It’s a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of your IQ every year.
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In my garden, after a rainfall, you can faintly, yes, hear the breaking of new blooms.
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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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The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.
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The better the actor, the more stupid he is.
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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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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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One 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.
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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.
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Really being friends is the most important part, I think, of any relationship.
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Are the dead as lonesome as the living?
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The enemy was anyone who was someone he wanted to be or who had anything he wanted to have.
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