Most people who become suddenly famous overnight will find that they lose practically eighty percent of their friends. Your old friends just can’t stand it for some reason.
TRUMAN CAPOTEOne 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.
More Truman Capote Quotes
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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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And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.
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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.
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Good writing is rewriting.
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The brain may take advice, but not the heart, and love, having no geography, knows no boundaries: weight and sink it deep, no matter, it will rise and find the surface.
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Home is where you feel at home. I’m still looking.
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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
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Great fury, like great whisky, requires long fermentation.
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Imagination, of course, can open any door – turn the key and let terror walk right in.
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The good thing about masturbation is that you don’t have to get dressed up for it.
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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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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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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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You can’t blame a writer for what the characters say.
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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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