The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.
TRUMAN CAPOTEThe problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.
TRUMAN CAPOTEAnd in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.
TRUMAN CAPOTEYou can’t blame a writer for what the characters say.
TRUMAN CAPOTEI prefer to underwrite. Simple, clear as a country creek.
TRUMAN CAPOTEImagination, of course, can open any door – turn the key and let terror walk right in.
TRUMAN CAPOTEWriting stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art. And after that, the whip came down.
TRUMAN CAPOTEThere 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.
TRUMAN CAPOTEWriting 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.
TRUMAN CAPOTEI just live one day at a time. That’s my new theory in life.
TRUMAN CAPOTEI can see every monster as they come in.
TRUMAN CAPOTEHave you never heard what the wise men say: all of the future exists in the past.
TRUMAN CAPOTEHome is where you feel at home. I’m still looking.
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.
TRUMAN CAPOTEWe all, sometimes, leave each other there under the skies, and we never understand why.
TRUMAN CAPOTEIt may be normal, darling; but I’d rather be natural.
TRUMAN CAPOTEThe quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.
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