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.
TRUMAN CAPOTEI thought of the future, and spoke of the past.
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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Have you never heard what the wise men say: all of the future exists in the past.
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Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can’t have too many friends because then you’re just not really friends.
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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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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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Imagination, of course, can open any door – turn the key and let terror walk right in.
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Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.
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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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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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I prefer to underwrite. Simple, clear as a country creek.
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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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I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.
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Home is where you feel at home. I’m still looking.
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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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