Wild Thing 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

“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

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

“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…

— 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…

— 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,…

— Truman Capote