Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot". ~Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1958, spoken by the character Holly Golightly — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
Are there any writers on the literary scene whom I consider truly great? Yes: Truman Capote. — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
[Truman Capote] was not only just selling his writing, but he was selling himself as a person. — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor. I read a lot of American writers. — Kiran Desai Copy Share Image
Jimmy Carter as President is like Truman Capote marrying Dolly Parton. The job is just too big for him. — Rich Little Copy Share Image
Before Truman Capote, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously. — Gerald Clarke Copy Share Image
“author Truman Capote says, failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” — C. Nicole Mason Copy Share Image
My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man. — Alvin Ailey Copy Share Image
A society person who is enthusiastic about modern painting or Truman Capote is already half a traitor to his class. It is… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
When Truman Capote wrote from the perspective of condemned murderers from a lower economic class than his own, he had some gall.… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
'Pumped Up Kicks' is written from the perspective like Truman Capote wrote 'In Cold Blood' or Dostoevsky wrote 'Crime & Punishment.' It's… — Mark Foster Copy Share Image
Truman Capote was a pop figure, but it wasn't until he went on David Susskind's show and had that extraordinary voice and… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
[ New York ] is a place that worships incompetence particularly if it's combined with energy and paranoid self-confidence. Only in a… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
When you think about [Truman] Capote in the - was what he did exploitative of a person's life or exploitative of these… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
To wake up one morning and feel that I was a last a grown-up person, emptied of resentment, vengeful thoughts and other… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
It's hard these days to have a conversation, at least it is for me, about [Truman]Capote without "Good Night, and Good Luck"… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
Harper Lee and Truman Capote became friends as next-door neighbors in the late 1920s, when they were about kindergarten age. From the… — Charles J. Shields Copy Share Image
My advice to young writers would be to write every day, even if it is only a few words. Get yourself on… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The whole ecosystem of celebrity has broken down for writers. If you go back to the '50s, '60s, and '70s, writers were… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
I remember writing 'The One I Can't Have' at the kitchen table. I was looking at a picture of Truman Capote with… — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
With "Good Night, and Good Luck," I think it's kind of obvious what [Truman Capote]'s getting at there, and the importance of… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I used to go to tea at the St. Regis with Dali. I was standing there and Mr. Dali walked over to… — Bebe Buell Copy Share Image
“In Cold Blood is the story of these six people—the [four] Clutters, who died together November 15, 1959, and Perry Smith and… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“ meander , v. "...because when it all comes down to it, there's no such thing as a two-hit wonder. So it's… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“To the bankrupt poet, to the jilted lover, to anyone who yearns to elude the doubt within and the din without, the… — Jacob M. Appel Copy Share Image
“Ancient philosophy was framed by prodigies, Aristotle, Plato and Socrates. And even though their thoughts were deemed the aristocratic voice, they also… — Henry Phillips Copy Share Image
“Tiff like in Breakfast at Tiffany's,' he says. 'Right?' I couldn't be more shocked. 'Um... yes, that's right - it's an old… — Bill Condon Copy Share Image
Truman Capote famously claimed to have nearly absolute recall of dialogue and used his prodigious memory as an excuse never to take… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
I'd always had this romantic idea, ever since I've been writing scripts, that I would travel one day and pull up stumps,… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
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![“[ New York ] is a place that worships incompetence particularly if it's combined with energy and paranoid self-confidence. Only in a city like New York could Truman Capote have made it, or John Simon.” quote by Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/95c/gore-vidal-466_cities_new-york-is-a-place-that-worships-incomp_2112370.jpg)
![“When you think about [Truman] Capote in the - was what he did exploitative of a person's life or exploitative of these murders? You look at our culture now, you look at celebrity and how it plays out in our culture now, and Capote was one of the great PR men of his time.” quote by Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c49/philip-seymour-hoffman-2704_culture_when-you-think-about-truman-capote-in-th_694751.jpg)
![“It's hard these days to have a conversation, at least it is for me, about [Truman]Capote without "Good Night, and Good Luck" coming up in the same conversation.” quote by Tavis Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1f1/tavis-smiley-7372_communication_it-s-hard-these-days-to-have-a-conversat_867941.jpg)
![“With "Good Night, and Good Luck," I think it's kind of obvious what [Truman Capote]'s getting at there, and the importance of how it's playing out today, that is journalism doing, are the journalists doing their job, are they being the other checks and balances in our country that the way that…” quote by Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e49/philip-seymour-hoffman-2704_balance_with-good-night-and-good-luck-i-think-it_536205.jpg)
![“In Cold Blood is the story of these six people—the [four] Clutters, who died together November 15, 1959, and Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, who were hanged April 14, 1965. And my book is the story of their lives and their deaths. It’s a completely factual account and every word is true. — Truman…” quote by Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d8d/truman-capote-376_quote_in-cold-blood-is-the-story-of-these-six_1438084.jpg)
