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title: "19 Ifs Quotes By Truman Capote"
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> [I've never had an affair with somebody who wasn't at the same time a very good friend of mine, if you see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/i-ve-never-had-an-affair-with-somebody-who-wasn-t-at-the-same-time-a/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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> [I guess if you're that thin and that small you don't need to take up too much space or breathe that much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/i-guess-if-you-re-that-thin-and-that-small-you-don-t-need-to-take-up/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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> [I think I would have written five times as much as I've written if I didn't have this terrible sense of perfection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/i-think-i-would-have-written-five-times-as-much-as-i-ve-written-if-i/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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> [If you can't be friends with a lover, then forget it. It's not going to work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/if-you-can-t-be-friends-with-a-lover-then-forget-it-it-s-not-going-to/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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> [I'll pay you a million dollars if you tell your life story for true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/i-ll-pay-you-a-million-dollars-if-you-tell-your-life-story-for-true/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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> [I think the only person a writer has an obligation to is himself. If what I write doesn't fulfill something in me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/i-think-the-only-person-a-writer-has-an-obligation-to-is-himself-if/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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> [If you happen to capture my imagination for some reason and I decide to write about you and you don't like what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/if-you-happen-to-capture-my-imagination-for-some-reason-and-i-decide/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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> [If there is no mystery, for the artist, to solve inside of his art, then there's no point in it…for me, every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/if-there-is-no-mystery-for-the-artist-to-solve-inside-of-his-art-then-2/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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> [There is nobody in the world that you can't get if you really concentrate on it, if you really want them. You've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/there-is-nobody-in-the-world-that-you-can-t-get-if-you-really/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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> [I've always seen myself as a winner, even as a kid. If I hadn't, I just might have gone down the drain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/i-ve-always-seen-myself-as-a-winner-even-as-a-kid-if-i-hadn-t-i-just/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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> [Personally, I rather think that if you're not creative you've got a problem on your hands. If you are creative you've got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/personally-i-rather-think-that-if-you-re-not-creative-you-ve-got-a/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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> [If you weren't here, if you could be anywhere you wanted to be, doing anything you wanted to do, where would you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/if-you-weren-t-here-if-you-could-be-anywhere-you-wanted-to-be-doing/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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> [If Francoise Sagan hadn't written a book called A Chateau in Sweden, I would certainly write a short story called A Chateau…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/if-francoise-sagan-hadn-t-written-a-book-called-a-chateau-in-sweden-i/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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> [I met Lee Harvey Oswald, in Moscow just after he defected. One night I was having dinner with a friend, an Italian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/i-met-lee-harvey-oswald-in-moscow-just-after-he-defected-one-night-i/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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> [I was terribly sure trees and flowers were the same as birds or people. That they thought things and talked among themselves.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/i-was-terribly-sure-trees-and-flowers-were-the-same-as-birds-or/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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> [People who are having a love-sex relationship are continuously lying to each other because the very nature of the relationship demands that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/people-who-are-having-a-love-sex-relationship-are-continuously-lying/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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> [If you have a single narrator, a person like an "I" - "'I' did this" and "'I' did that" - it automatically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/if-you-have-a-single-narrator-a-person-like-an-i-i-did-this-and-i-did/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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> [If a man doesn't like baseball, then he must like horses, and if he doesn't like either of them, well, I'm in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/if-a-man-doesn-t-like-baseball-then-he-must-like-horses-and-if-he/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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> [At one time I used to keep notebooks with outlines for stories. But I found doing this somehow deadened the idea in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/at-one-time-i-used-to-keep-notebooks-with-outlines-for-stories-but-i/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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## Other authors on Ifs

## More by Truman Capote

> [“You can beat your brains out for her, and she’ll hand you horseshit on a platter.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/you-can-beat-your-brains-out-for-her-and-she-ll-hand-you-horseshit-on/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [“The walls of the cell fell away, the sky came down, I saw the big yellow bird.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/the-walls-of-the-cell-fell-away-the-sky-came-down-i-saw-the-big/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [“Don't wanna ride on the devil's side...just wanna ride with you”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/don-t-wanna-ride-on-the-devil-s-side-just-wanna-ride-with-you/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [Wrinkles and bones, white hair and diamonds: I can't wait.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/wrinkles-and-bones-white-hair-and-diamonds-i-can-t-wait/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [You can't blame a writer for what the characters say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/you-can-t-blame-a-writer-for-what-the-characters-say/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [There is really no practical help that one can offer; it is a matter of self-discovery, of one's own convictions, or working with one's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/there-is-really-no-practical-help-that-one-can-offer-it-is-a-matter/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [“...Narcissus was so egotist...he was merely another of us who, in our unshatterable isolation, recognized, on seeing his reflection, the beautiful comrade, the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/narcissus-was-so-egotist-he-was-merely-another-of-us-who-in-our/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [“Is it - I'm not certain - possible to love someone if your first interest is the use you can make of him? Doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/is-it-i-m-not-certain-possible-to-love-someone-if-your-first-interest/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [One of the most difficult things in writing a novel or anything at all is to choose the point of view from which it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/one-of-the-most-difficult-things-in-writing-a-novel-or-anything-at/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [I've never worked for a newspaper. I've had some very bad reviews in newspapers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/i-ve-never-worked-for-a-newspaper-i-ve-had-some-very-bad-reviews-in/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [But, my dear, so few things are fulfilled: what are most lives but a series of incompleted episodes? 'We work in the dark, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/but-my-dear-so-few-things-are-fulfilled-what-are-most-lives-but-a/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [“…she, glittery voyager of secure destination, steamed down the harbor with whistles whistling and confetti in the air.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/she-glittery-voyager-of-secure-destination-steamed-down-the-harbor/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [“Because it's indeed difficult to portray, in any meaningful depth, another being, his appearance, speech, mentality, without to some degree, and often for quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/because-it-s-indeed-difficult-to-portray-in-any-meaningful-depth/)

[truman capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [“It's a bore, but the answer is good things only happen to you if you're good. Good? Honest is more what I mean. Not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/it-s-a-bore-but-the-answer-is-good-things-only-happen-to-you-if-you/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

> [“In the courtyard there was an angel of black stone, and its angel head rose above giant elephant leaves; the stark glass angel eyes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/in-the-courtyard-there-was-an-angel-of-black-stone-and-its-angel-head/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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