Tender is the night Quotes by Truman Capote

“You can beat your brains out for her, and she’ll hand you horseshit on a platter.”

— Truman Capote

“The walls of the cell fell away, the sky came down, I saw the big yellow bird.”

— Truman Capote

“Don't wanna ride on the devil's side...just wanna ride with you”

— Truman Capote

Wrinkles and bones, white hair and diamonds: I can't wait.

— Truman Capote

You can't blame a writer for what the characters say.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Truman Capote

I've never worked for a newspaper. I've had some very bad reviews in newspapers.

— 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…

— Truman Capote

“…she, glittery voyager of secure destination, 
steamed down the harbor with whistles whistling and confetti in the air.”

— Truman Capote