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.
TRUMAN CAPOTEHome is where you feel at home. I’m still looking.
More Truman Capote Quotes
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There is only one unpardonable sin–deliberate cruelty. All else can be forgiven.
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It’s better to look at the sky than live there.
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You can’t blame a writer for what the characters say.
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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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Personally, 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.
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Most people don’t find their creativity. There are more unsung geniuses that don’t even know they have great talent.
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Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.
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I can see every monster as they come in.
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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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To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the inner music that words make.
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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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Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
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I prefer to underwrite. Simple, clear as a country creek.
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Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.
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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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