In Disappear 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 Capote Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Holly Golightly.
Writing 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 Capote
I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years. – Truman Capote
To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the inner music that words make. – Truman Capote
Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can’t have too many friends because then you’re just not really friends. – Truman Capote
When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely. – Truman Capote
It is the want to know the end that makes us believe in God, or witchcraft, believe, at least, in something. – Truman Capote
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. – Truman Capote
I got this idea of doing a really serious big work-it would be precisely like a novel, with a single difference: Every word of it would be true from beginning to end. – Truman Capote
No one will ever know what ‘In Cold Blood’ took out of me. It scraped me right down to the marrow of my bones. It nearly killed me. I think, in a way, it did kill me. – Truman Capote
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. – Truman Capote
