Half the people who snuff people, that's what they want: recognition. Get their picture in the paper. — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“I'll never disgrace myself. And I swear, it never crossed my mind about Holly. You can love somebody without it being like… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
our real fears are the sounds of footsteps walking in the corridors of our minds, and the anxieties, the phantom floatings, they… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
Yes: but aren't love and marriage notoriously synonymous in the minds of most women? Certainly very few men get the first without… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“I have an extremely strong, masculine mind and a feminine sensibility level, which is kind of an unusual combination. Both men and… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“But there was no prayer in Joel’s mind; rather, nothing a net of words could capture, for, with one exception, all his… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“What kind of things did you have in mind, kid?' Clyde said this with a smile that exposed a slight lewdness: the… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“I am one of those persons who, when sexually immersed, require serious silence, the hush of impeccable concentration. Perhaps it is due… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“You can beat your brains out for her, and she’ll hand you horseshit on a platter.” — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“The walls of the cell fell away, the sky came down, I saw the big yellow bird.” — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
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… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“...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… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“Is it - I'm not certain - possible to love someone if your first interest is the use you can make of him? Doesn't… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
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… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
I've never worked for a newspaper. I've had some very bad reviews in newspapers. — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
But, my dear, so few things are fulfilled: what are most lives but a series of incompleted episodes? 'We work in the dark, we… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“…she, glittery voyager of secure destination, steamed down the harbor with whistles whistling and confetti in the air.” — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
