Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
TRUMAN CAPOTEIt is the want to know the end that makes us believe in God, or witchcraft, believe, at least, in something
More Truman Capote Quotes
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Really being friends is the most important part, I think, of any relationship.
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The better the actor, the more stupid he is.
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There is only one unpardonable sin–deliberate cruelty. All else can be forgiven.
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They can romanticize us so, mirrors, and that is their secret: what a subtle torture it would be to destroy all the mirrors in the world: where then could we look for reassurance of our identities?
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I can see every monster as they come in.
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Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.
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It is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy.
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If there is no mystery, for the artist, to solve inside of his art, then there’s no point in it….for me, every act of the art of solving a mystery.
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A man who doesn’t dream is like a man who doesn’t sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.
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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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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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We all, sometimes, leave each other there under the skies, and we never understand why.
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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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Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.
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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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