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.
TRUMAN CAPOTEI just live one day at a time. That’s my new theory in life.
More Truman Capote Quotes
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And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.
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I can see every monster as they come in.
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Great fury, like great whisky, requires long fermentation.
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Aprils have never meant much to me, autumns seem that season of beginning, spring.
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The better the actor, the more stupid he is.
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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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Imagination, of course, can open any door – turn the key and let terror walk right in.
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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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Good luck and believe me, dearest Doc – it’s better to look at the sky than live there. Such an empty place; so vague. Just a country where the thunder goes and things disappear.
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Good writing is rewriting.
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I prefer to underwrite. Simple, clear as a country creek.
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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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There is nobody in the world that you can’t get if you really concentrate on it, if you really want them. You’ve got to want it to the exclusion of everything else.
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I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.
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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
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