3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 Truman Capote To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the inner music that words make.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 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.