I prefer to underwrite. Simple, clear as a country creek.
TRUMAN CAPOTEYou can’t blame a writer for what the characters say.
More Truman Capote Quotes
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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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Sometimes when I think how good my book can be, I can hardly breathe.
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Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.
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There is only one unpardonable sin–deliberate cruelty. All else can be forgiven.
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It may be normal, darling; but I’d rather be natural.
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Really being friends is the most important part, I think, of any relationship.
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A work of art is one of mystery, the one extreme magic; everything else is either arithmetic or biology.
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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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I thought of the future, and spoke of the past.
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Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life.
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Great fury, like great whisky, requires long fermentation.
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I can see every monster as they come in.
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The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
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I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.
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You can’t give your heart to a wild thing.
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