I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years. - Truman Capote
I like to talk on TV about those things that aren’t worth writing about. - 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
I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true. - Truman Capote
I can see every monster as they come in. - Truman Capote
I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil. - 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
Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it. - Truman Capote
Fame is only good for one thing – they will cash your check in a small town. - Truman Capote
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. - Truman Capote
Who will observe the observers?
All literature is gossip. - Truman Capote
We often think that when we have completed our study of one we know all about two, because “two” is “one and one.” We forget that we still have to make a study of “and.” - Arthur Eddington
