A work of art is one of mystery, the one extreme magic; everything else is either arithmetic or biology.
TRUMAN CAPOTEThe 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.
More Truman Capote Quotes
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I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.
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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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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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The brain may take advice, but not the heart.
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It’s a very excruciating life facing that blank piece of paper every day and having to reach up somewhere into the clouds and bring something down out of them.
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Anticipation is anxiety. I have always had a very extreme anxiety thing.
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Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life.
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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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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
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It’s better to look at the sky than live there.
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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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The good thing about masturbation is that you don’t have to get dressed up for it.
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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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I always write the end of everything first. I always write the last chapters of my books before I write the beginning. Then I go back to the beginning. I mean, it’s always nice to know where you’re going is my theory.
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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.
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