All Truman Capote Quotes
Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.
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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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I like to talk on TV about those things that aren't worth writing about.
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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.
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Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.
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I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years.
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I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true.
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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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