I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.
TRUMAN CAPOTEMost secrets should never be told, but especially those that are more menacing to the listener than to the teller.
More Truman Capote Quotes
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I just live one day at a time. That’s my new theory in life.
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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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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 good thing about masturbation is that you don’t have to get dressed up for it.
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Really being friends is the most important part, I think, of any relationship.
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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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Aprils have never meant much to me, autumns seem that season of beginning, spring.
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Good 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.
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The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.
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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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Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.
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Anticipation is anxiety. I have always had a very extreme anxiety thing.
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Most people who become suddenly famous overnight will find that they lose practically eighty percent of their friends. Your old friends just can’t stand it for some reason.
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You can’t give your heart to a wild thing.
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Great fury, like great whisky, requires long fermentation.
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