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.
TRUMAN CAPOTEI don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.
More Truman Capote Quotes
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The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
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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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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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Home is where you feel at home. I’m still looking.
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Past certain ages or certain wisdoms it is very difficult to look with wonder; it is best done when one is a child; after that, and if you are lucky, you will find a bridge of childhood and walk across it.
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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.
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It’s a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of your IQ every year.
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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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Really being friends is the most important part, I think, of any relationship.
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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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The better the actor, the more stupid he is.
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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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And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.
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The enemy was anyone who was someone he wanted to be or who had anything he wanted to have.
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I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.
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