To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the inner music that words make.
TRUMAN CAPOTEIt’s better to look at the sky than live there.
More Truman Capote Quotes
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The brain may take advice, but not the heart.
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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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It is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy.
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Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.
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The better the actor, the more stupid he is.
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It may be normal, darling; but I’d rather be natural.
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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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Anticipation is anxiety. I have always had a very extreme anxiety thing.
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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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Past certain ages or certain wisdoms it is very difficult to look with wonder; it is best done when one is a child; after that, and if you are lucky, you will find a bridge of childhood and walk across it.
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In my garden, after a rainfall, you can faintly, yes, hear the breaking of new blooms.
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I just live one day at a time. That’s my new theory in life.
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I thought of the future, and spoke of the past.
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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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The enemy was anyone who was someone he wanted to be or who had anything he wanted to have.
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