I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.
TRUMAN CAPOTEAnyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.
More Truman Capote Quotes
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It’s a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of your IQ every year.
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The brain may take advice, but not the heart, and love, having no geography, knows no boundaries: weight and sink it deep, no matter, it will rise and find the surface.
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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
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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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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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And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.
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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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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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The good thing about masturbation is that you don’t have to get dressed up for it.
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It’s a very excruciating life facing that blank piece of paper every day and having to reach up somewhere into the clouds and bring something down out of them.
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Are the dead as lonesome as the living?
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I can see every monster as they come in.
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Anticipation is anxiety. I have always had a very extreme anxiety thing.
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Everybody has to feel superior to somebody,” she said. “But it’s customary to present a little proof before you take the privilege.
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