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.
TRUMAN CAPOTEIt is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy.
More Truman Capote Quotes
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They can romanticize us so, mirrors, and that is their secret: what a subtle torture it would be to destroy all the mirrors in the world: where then could we look for reassurance of our identities?
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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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The most dangerous thing in the world is to make a friend of an Englishman, because he’ll come sleep in your closet rather than spend 10 shillings on a hotel.
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I thought of the future, and spoke of the past.
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Good writing is rewriting.
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The better the actor, the more stupid he is.
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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
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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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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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It’s better to look at the sky than live there.
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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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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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In my garden, after a rainfall, you can faintly, yes, hear the breaking of new blooms.
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There is nobody in the world that you can’t get if you really concentrate on it, if you really want them. You’ve got to want it to the exclusion of everything else.
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Imagination, of course, can open any door – turn the key and let terror walk right in.
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