I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.
TRUMAN CAPOTEI believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.
TRUMAN CAPOTEPast 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.
TRUMAN CAPOTEI don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.
TRUMAN CAPOTEYou can’t give your heart to a wild thing.
TRUMAN CAPOTELife is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
TRUMAN CAPOTEAre the dead as lonesome as the living?
TRUMAN CAPOTEThe good thing about masturbation is that you don’t have to get dressed up for it.
TRUMAN CAPOTEHome is where you feel at home. I’m still looking.
TRUMAN CAPOTETo me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the inner music that words make.
TRUMAN CAPOTEEverybody has to feel superior to somebody,” she said. “But it’s customary to present a little proof before you take the privilege.
TRUMAN CAPOTEThe enemy was anyone who was someone he wanted to be or who had anything he wanted to have.
TRUMAN CAPOTEA boy has to peddle his book.
TRUMAN CAPOTEThere 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.
TRUMAN CAPOTEPersonally, I rather think that if you’re not creative you’ve got a problem on your hands. If you are creative you’ve got a double problem.
TRUMAN CAPOTESometimes when I think how good my book can be, I can hardly breathe.
TRUMAN CAPOTEThere 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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