All Truman Capote Quotes
- There's lots of things you don't know. All kinds of strange things . . . mostly they happened before we were born: that makes them… All
- If a man doesn't like baseball, then he must like horses, and if he doesn't like either of them, well, I'm in trouble anyway: he… Baseball
- I don't mean I'd mind being rich and famous. That's very much on my schedule, and someday I'll try to get around to it; but… Along
- I suppose you think I'm very brazen. Or très fou. Or something.' Not at all.' She seemed disappointed. 'Yes, you do. Everybody does. I don't… All
- I haven't anything against whores, except this: some of them may have an honest tongue but they all have dishonest hearts. All
- It's bad enough in life to do without something YOU want; but confound it, what gets my goat is not being able to give somebody… Able
- But it's Sunday, Mr. Bell. Clocks are slow on Sundays. Bell
- Maybe the older you grow and the less easy it is to put thought into action, maybe that’s why it gets all locked up in… Action
- You call yourself a free spirit, a "wild thing," and you're terrified somebody's gonna stick you in a cage. Well baby, you're already in that… Baby
- Time. Time. What is time? Swiss manufacture it, French hoard it, Italians squander it, Americans say it is money. Hindus say it does not exist.… Americans
- As long as you live, there's always something waiting; and even if it's bad, and you know it's bad, what can you do? You can't… Always Something
- I've tried to believe, but I don't, I can't, and there's no use pretending. Believe
- The enemy was anyone who was someone he wanted to be or who had anything he wanted to have. Anyone
- I couldn't understand a sense of unease that multiplied until I could hear my heart beating. Beating
- The instant she saw the letter she squinted her eyes and bent her lips in a tough tiny smile that advanced her age immeasurably. "Darling,"… Advanced
- I’ve tried that. I’ve tried aspirin, too. Rusty thinks I should smoke marijuana, and I did for a while, but it only makes me giggle.… Alligator
- Don't wanna sleep, don't wanna die, just wanna go a-travellin' through the pastures of the sky Die
- You don't understand. You've never hated anybody. No, I never have. We're allotted just so much time on earth, and I wouldn't want the Lord… Allotted
- Oh, I adore to cook. It makes me feel so mindless in a worthwhile way. Adore
- Here is a hall without exit, a tunnel without end. End
- The average personality re-shapes frequently, every few years even our bodies undergo a complete overhaul-desirable or not, it is a natural thing that we should… Average
- Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot". ~Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1958, spoken by the character Holly Golightly Anyone
- You can’t give your heart to a wild thing. Give
- The feeble-minded, the neurotic, the criminal, perhaps, also, the artist, have unpredictability and perverted innocence in common. Artist
- Before birth; yes, what time was it then? A time like now, and when they were dead, it would be still like now: these trees,… Acorn