Author: Truman Capote

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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.

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

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make.

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make.

- Truman Capote

Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town.

Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town.

- 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.

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

When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely.

When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely.

- Truman Capote

Sometimes when I think how good my book can be, I can hardly breathe.

Sometimes when I think how good my book can be, I can hardly breathe.

- Truman Capote

Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.

Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.

- Truman Capote

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.

- Truman Capote

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

- Truman Capote

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