I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.
TRUMAN CAPOTEGood luck and believe me, dearest Doc – it’s better to look at the sky than live there. Such an empty place; so vague. Just a country where the thunder goes and things disappear.
More Truman Capote Quotes
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Most secrets should never be told, but especially those that are more menacing to the listener than to the teller.
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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 is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy.
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The brain may take advice, but not the heart.
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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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Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life.
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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
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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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You can’t give your heart to a wild thing.
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The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
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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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Sometimes when I think how good my book can be, I can hardly breathe.
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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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And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.
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It’s better to look at the sky than live there.
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