Everybody has to feel superior to somebody,” she said. “But it’s customary to present a little proof before you take the privilege.
TRUMAN CAPOTEHow do I look so young? Quite simple: a complete vegetable diet, 12 hours sleep a night, and lots and lots of make-up.
More Truman Capote Quotes
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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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A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That’s why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.
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I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.
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Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
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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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You can’t blame a writer for what the characters say.
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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
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Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.
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Aprils have never meant much to me, autumns seem that season of beginning, spring.
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The wind is us– it gathers and remembers all our voices, then sends them talking and telling through the leaves and the fields.
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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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And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.
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Good writing is rewriting.
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It’s better to look at the sky than live there.
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