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Category: Truman Capote

3 December 2020 Truman Capote

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

3 December 2020 Truman Capote

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

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

Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.

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.

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