Quotes by 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)

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. (Truman Capote)

Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it. (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)

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil. (Truman Capote)

I can see every monster as they come in. (Truman Capote)

I conceived the whole adventure as a short comic -nonfiction novel- the first. That book was an important event for me. While writing it, I realized I just might have found a solution to what had always been my greatest creative quandary. I wanted to produce a journalistic novel, something on a large scale that would have the credibility of fact, the immediacy of film, the depth and freedom of prose, and the precision of poetry. (Truman Capote)

I like to talk on TV about those things that aren't worth writing about. (Truman Capote)

I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years. (Truman Capote)

In California everyone goes to a therapist, is a therapist, or is a therapist going to a therapist. (Truman Capote)