Sometimes when I think how good my book can be, I can hardly breathe.
TRUMAN CAPOTEIf 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.
More Truman Capote Quotes
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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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The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.
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Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art. And after that, the whip came down.
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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
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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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A work of art is one of mystery, the one extreme magic; everything else is either arithmetic or biology.
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I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.
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Really being friends is the most important part, I think, of any relationship.
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It may be normal, darling; but I’d rather be natural.
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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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In my garden, after a rainfall, you can faintly, yes, hear the breaking of new blooms.
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You can’t give your heart to a wild thing.
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Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life.
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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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Have you never heard what the wise men say: all of the future exists in the past.
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