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.
TRUMAN CAPOTEA man who doesn’t dream is like a man who doesn’t sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.
More Truman Capote Quotes
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Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life.
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You can’t give your heart to a wild thing.
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A boy has to peddle his book.
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The most dangerous thing in the world is to make a friend of an Englishman, because he’ll come sleep in your closet rather than spend 10 shillings on a hotel.
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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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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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The better the actor, the more stupid he is.
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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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The brain may take advice, but not the heart.
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You can’t blame a writer for what the characters say.
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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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It may be normal, darling; but I’d rather be natural.
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Sometimes when I think how good my book can be, I can hardly breathe.
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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
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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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