--- title: "15 Way Quotes By Truman Capote" description: "15 Way quotes by Truman Capote. Plus more from Truman Capote and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c5/truman-capote-376_has-beens_i-remember-things-the-way-they-should-ha_1340444.jpg" --- > [I remember things the way they should have been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/i-remember-things-the-way-they-should-have-been/) [Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c5/truman-capote-376_has-beens_i-remember-things-the-way-they-should-ha_1340444.jpg) > [She sounds the way bananas taste.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/she-sounds-the-way-bananas-taste/) [Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/508/truman-capote-376_bananas_she-sounds-the-way-bananas-taste-687268_687268.jpg) > [It is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/it-is-very-seldom-that-a-person-loves-anyone-they-cannot-in-some-way/) [Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/truman-capote-376_envy_it-is-very-seldom-that-a-person-loves-an_1155534.jpg) > [I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/i-was-eleven-then-i-was-sixteen-though-no-honors-came-my-way-those/) [Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56b/truman-capote-376_eleven_i-was-eleven-then-i-was-sixteen-though-n_420019.jpg) > [The way his plump hand clutched at her hip seemed somehow improper; not morally, aesthetically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/the-way-his-plump-hand-clutched-at-her-hip-seemed-somehow-improper/) [Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/035/truman-capote-376_hands_the-way-his-plump-hand-clutched-at-her-h_895976.jpg) > [Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me pegged, because of the way I am, the way I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/ever-since-i-was-a-child-folks-have-thought-they-had-me-pegged/) [Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/truman-capote-376_always-wrong_ever-since-i-was-a-child-folks-have-thou_1464504.jpg) > [I also write the last paragraph or page of a story first. That way I always know what I'm working towards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/i-also-write-the-last-paragraph-or-page-of-a-story-first-that-way-i/) [Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc3/truman-capote-376_firsts_i-also-write-the-last-paragraph-or-page_874374.jpg) > [Oh, I adore to cook. It makes me feel so mindless in a worthwhile way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/oh-i-adore-to-cook-it-makes-me-feel-so-mindless-in-a-worthwhile-way/) [Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff4/truman-capote-376_adore_oh-i-adore-to-cook-it-makes-me-feel-so-m_375561.jpg) > [No one will ever know what 'In Cold Blood' took out of me. It scraped me right down to the marrow of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/no-one-will-ever-know-what-in-cold-blood-took-out-of-me-it-scraped-me/) [Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f7/truman-capote-376_blood_no-one-will-ever-know-what-in-cold-blood_2396347.jpg) > [Technically I feel total fluidity in writing. I feel there's nothing technically that I can't do the way a certain sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/technically-i-feel-total-fluidity-in-writing-i-feel-there-s-nothing/) [Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/528/truman-capote-376_certain_technically-i-feel-total-fluidity-in-wri_2001096.jpg) > [I love New York, even though it isn't mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/i-love-new-york-even-though-it-isn-t-mine-the-way-something-has-to-be/) [Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2b/truman-capote-376_belong_i-love-new-york-even-though-it-isn-t-min_489717.jpg) > [ Did you ever, in that wonderland wilderness of adolesence \[sic\] ever, quite unexpectedly, see something, a dusk sky, a wild bird, a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/did-you-ever-in-that-wonderland-wilderness-of-adolesence-sic-ever/) [Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/truman-capote-376_beautiful_did-you-ever-in-that-wonderland-wilderne_406275.jpg) > [Since each story presents its own technical problems, obviously one can't generalize about them on a two-times-two-equals-four basis. Finding the right form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/since-each-story-presents-its-own-technical-problems-obviously-one/) [Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63f/truman-capote-376_bases_since-each-story-presents-its-own-techni_1811428.jpg) > [Most of life is so dull it is not worth discussing, and it is dull at all ages. When we change our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/most-of-life-is-so-dull-it-is-not-worth-discussing-and-it-is-dull-at/) [Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e70/truman-capote-376_age_most-of-life-is-so-dull-it-is-not-worth_2788929.jpg) > [All human life has its seasons and cycles, and no one's personal chaos can be permanent. Winter, after all, gives way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/all-human-life-has-its-seasons-and-cycles-and-no-one-s-personal-chaos/) [Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/594/truman-capote-376_branches_all-human-life-has-its-seasons-and-cycle_572480.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/truman-capote/#itemlist", "name": "15 Way Quotes By Truman Capote", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I remember things the way they should have been.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Truman Capote" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/i-remember-things-the-way-they-should-have-been/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c5/truman-capote-376_has-beens_i-remember-things-the-way-they-should-ha_1340444.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c5/truman-capote-376_has-beens_i-remember-things-the-way-they-should-ha_1340444.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c5/truman-capote-376_has-beens_i-remember-things-the-way-they-should-ha_1340444.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I remember things the way they should have been.” — Truman Capote", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "She sounds the way bananas taste.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Truman Capote" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/she-sounds-the-way-bananas-taste/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/508/truman-capote-376_bananas_she-sounds-the-way-bananas-taste-687268_687268.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/508/truman-capote-376_bananas_she-sounds-the-way-bananas-taste-687268_687268.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/508/truman-capote-376_bananas_she-sounds-the-way-bananas-taste-687268_687268.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“She sounds the way bananas taste.” — Truman Capote", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Truman Capote" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/it-is-very-seldom-that-a-person-loves-anyone-they-cannot-in-some-way/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/truman-capote-376_envy_it-is-very-seldom-that-a-person-loves-an_1155534.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/truman-capote-376_envy_it-is-very-seldom-that-a-person-loves-an_1155534.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/truman-capote-376_envy_it-is-very-seldom-that-a-person-loves-an_1155534.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy.” — Truman Capote", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was eleven, then I was sixteen. 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